Cankili II (Tamil: சங்கிலி குமாரன், romanized: Caṅkili Kumāraṉ; died 1621), also spelled Sangili) was the last king of the Jaffna kingdom and was a usurper...
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Jaffna kingdom (section Cankili II the usurper)
kings confronted and ultimately made peace with the Portuguese. In 1617, Cankili II, a usurper to the throne, confronted the Portuguese but was defeated,...
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provoking the Portuguese. With the death of Ethirimana Cinkam in 1617, Cankili II, a usurper, took control of the throne after killing the regent nominated...
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described by the Portuguese as being of kingly status. The Portuguese ordered Cankili II, king of Jaffna Kingdom, to surrender the Thanjavur Nayak soldiers and...
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kingdom from the 13th until the 17th century, when the last of the dynasty, Cankili II, was ousted by the Portuguese. The origins of the Aryacakravarti are claimed...
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the Kingdom Cankili II but a chance encounter lead to a sharp but brief battle that led to the defeat of Cankili II. By his order, Cankili II was killed...
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The Sangiliyan statue was dedicated to Cankili II, a Tamil martyr and the last king of Jaffna Kingdom. The statue is seen as a landmark of the city of...
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Periya Pillai Arachchi a powerful Karaiyar chief and Cankili II the nephew of the king. Cankili II killed the other two triggering a local uprising against...
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quest to get military help from South India. Eventually, a usurper named Cankili II resisted Portuguese overlordship only to find himself ousted and hanged...
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was very active in resisting Portuguese colonial inroads into Eelam. Cankili II, known as the last King of the Jaffna Kingdom Arumaipperumal, Batticaloa...
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his father Cankili I in 1565. He became king in 1561 following a local uprising against Cankili I. Although he was the nominal king, Cankili I wielded...
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Hindu traditions. Cankilian Thoppu, the facade of the palace of King Cankili II, can still be found in Nallur. The third temple was destroyed by the Portuguese...
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after the death of Cankili I(1519–1561). Some sources claim that he deposed the Cankili I's son, Puviraja Pandaram as soon as Cankili I died. Others say...
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kingdom from 1215 with the invasion of Kalinga Magha to the Portuguese conquest of Jaffna Kingdom under Cankili II 1619. Jaffna Kingdom History of Sri Lanka...
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Pararacacekaran (1565–1570) Periyapillai (1565–1582) Ethirimana Cinkam (1591–1617) Cankili II Cekaracacekaran (1617–1619) List of Sethupathi rulers Udaiyan Sethupathi...
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Aryacakravarti dynasty kings. Bhavashankari – Rani/Queen of Bhurishrestha Cankili II – the self-proclaimed last king of the Jaffna kingdom Devabhuti – last...
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in Trincomalee. The enterprise was abandoned. With the defeat of King Cankili II, all of the territory of the kingdom of Jaffna, comprising Trincomalee...
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the king of Jaffna Kingdom, there were three claimants to the throne. Cankili II usurped the throne by killing the other claimants, Arasakasari the latter...
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kings. The dynasty ruled the peninsula until 1619, after the last king Cankili II was killed under the Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom. The Northern...
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British colonial occupiers in 1803 Cankili I (Sankili Segarajasekaran) - a prominent king of the Jaffna Kingdom Cankili II - last king of the Jaffna kingdom...
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expeditionary forces of the Portuguese Empire led by Filipe de Oliveira captured Cankili II, the last native king. De Oliveira moved the center of political and military...
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the pretender Mayadunne of Uva and torched the city yet again. In 1619, Cankili II was deposed and the Jaffna Kingdom absorbed into the Portuguese Empire...
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leadership of Migapulle Arachchi and fought on the side of Jaffna king Cankili II in the Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom. The population of the...
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writer in Malayalam S. S. Kumaran, Tamil film composer Sangili Kumaran or Cankili II (died 1619), the self-proclaimed last king of the Jaffna kingdom Thirunavukkarasu...
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evicting the Portuguese from Jaffna. Cankili II of the Aryachakravarti Dynasty was placed on the throne. However, Cankili II ruled for barely two years before...
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Pararacacekaran (1565–1570) Periyapillai (1565–1582) Ethirimana Cinkam (1591–1617) Cankili II Cekaracacekaran (1617–1619), last ruler of dynasty List of rulers– Ratna...
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led by Filipe de Oliveira, deposes and executes the last Jaffna king (Cankili II), putting an end to the Jaffna Kingdom. A Spanish expedition sails around...
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Migapulle Arachchi, did a group of Christians revolt against the Jaffna King Cankili II, who thereupon sought refugee in Kayts and asked the Portuguese for assistance...
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damaged during the Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom. The fall of Cankili II, the last of the ruling dynasty at the hands of a 5,000 men-strong Portuguese...
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led by Filipe de Oliveira, deposes and executes the last Jaffna king (Cankili II), putting an end to the Jaffna Kingdom. A Spanish expedition sails around...
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