1958
The First Lions Club in Sri Lanka "LIONS CLUB OF COLOMBO HOST" was inaugurated on 15th April 1958 and was chartered on 27th August 1958
with 24 members as a Club of Sub-District 304 - South India.

1963
Colombo South Lions Clubs was inaugurated as the second club.

1964
Colombo North Lions Club was inaugurated as the third club.

1965
Lions Clubs of Dehiwela, Mount Lavinia and Jaffna were inaugurated.

1966
With six Lions Clubs and 235 Members, Sri Lanka was demarcated as a Provisional District.

1967
The number of clubs grew to 18 with 544 members

1969
The First Leo Club "THE LEO CLUB OF WATTALA" was chartered. The number of Lions Clubs also grew to 25 with 811 members.

1972
With mandatory 30 clubs and a membership of 882, Sri Lanka was carved out as DISTRICT 306 - SRI LANKA.

1974
The FOURTH AFRICA AND SOUTH WEST ASIA LIONS FORUM was held in Sri Lanka.

1978
The District 306 with 82 Clubs and 2592 Lions was divided into Two Sub-Districts as 306A and 306B.

(at the Sixth Annual Convention of District 306 held on 14th May 1977 the Re-Districting proposal was approved, and it became effective from 1st July 1978 with the close of the 1978 Annual International Convention.)

1982
The First Lioness Clubs formed in Sri Lanka were:

Lioness Club of Colomb West - District 306A
Lioness Club of Nuwara Eliya - District 306B
(In 1987 at the Taipei International Convention admission of Ladies as Lions
was approved making Lions the First Service Organization to admit women.

1989
District 306 C was formed encompassing the principal cities of Kandy, Moratuwa and Nawala.
(The new Multiple District Constitution and By Laws were adopted at the Eleventh Annual Convention of Multiple District on 14th May 1989 and it became effective from 1st July 1989)

2004
On 26th December 2004 Tsunami devastated Sri Lanka. Multiple District 306 appointed the Tsunami Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Committee headed by PID Chuck Wijenathen. LCIF Committed US.$.7.5 million for the housing program whilst US.$.1.275 million came from Spanish, Korean, Belgium, Dutch and Sovenian Lions. A total of 1454 houses were constructed at a cost of Rs.992 million.

2005
The Multiple District 306 A, B and C were further sub-divided as A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2 at the Multiple Convention held on 13th March 2005 and it became effective from 1st July, 2005. Sight First Hospital Hendala - On 30th October 2005 Lions District 306 B Sight HISTORY OF LIONISM IN SRI LANKA First Hospital, at Hendala, the brain child of District 306 B Governor 2003/4 Dr. Rohan Perera was declared open by the District Governors of B1 and B2. Gift of Sight Hospital - Panadura - was declared open on 13th December 2005 by International President Dr. Ashok Mehta and Minister of Health Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva.

2006
Best District Governor in the World - On 2nd July 2006 at the Boston International Convention Acadamy Awards Night Lion Graetian Gunawardhana - District 306 B2 Governor 2005/6 was named as the Best District Governor of the World out of a total of 750 District Governors from 198 countries

2007
On 6th July 2007 Lion Mahendra Amarasuriya from Lions Club of Galle was installed as the 90th President of Lions Clubs International at the International Convention held in Chicago, USA.

Golden Jubilee - On 6th October 2007 Multiple District 306 Sri Lanka Lions celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Lionism in Sri Lanka with International President Mahendra Amarasuriya gracing the occasion as Chief Guest.

2009
Ditrict 306 B1 Governor Nimal Rajapakse of Lions Club of Negombo Host was recognized as the World's Best District Governor - Second Runner-up at the Year 2009 July 6-10th International Convention in Minnesota, U.S.A.

Compiled by Boniface Fernando
LC of Negombo Orient - District 306B1