Cankili I (Tamil: சங்கிலியன்) (died 1565), also known as Segarasasekaram (Jaga Rajasekharam), is the most remembered Jaffna kingdom king in the Sri Lankan...
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Jaffna kingdom (section Cankili II the usurper)
Jaffna kingdom may become a beachhead for the Dutch landings. It was king Cankili I who resisted contacts with the Portuguese and even massacred 600–700 Parava...
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often visited by King Singai Pararasasegaram and his successor King Cankili I in the following centuries. Trincomalee served a similar purpose to its...
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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 real...
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Jaffna kingdom may become a beachhead for the Dutch landings. It was king Cankili I who resisted contacts with the Portuguese and even massacred 600–700 Parava...
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Cinkaiariyan (1440–1450 & 1467–1478) Singai Pararasasegaram (1478–1519) Cankili I (1519–1561) Puviraja Pandaram (1561–1565 & 1582–1591) Kasi Nayinar Pararacacekaran...
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southwest of modern Sri Lanka in 1505. Many kings of Jaffna, such as Cankili I, initially confronted the Portuguese in their attempts at converting the...
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later Aryacakravarti kings of the Jaffna kingdom. He was the father of Cankili I. Singai Pararajaseakaram was the first-born son of Kanakasooriya Singaiariyan...
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coast. The conquests and rule of the island by Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (630–668 CE) and his grandfather King Simhavishnu (537–590 CE) saw the erection...
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the visitors were King Singai Pararasasegaram and his successor King Cankili I. King Jeyaveera Cinkaiariyan (1380—1410 CE) had the traditional history...
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strategic base for accessing the interior ruled by the Kandyan kingdom. King Cankili I resisted contacts with the Portuguese and repelled Parava Catholics who...
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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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and other fortifications. Cankilian Thopu or entrance of the palace of Cankili I and Mantri Manai or minister's palace are few of the pre-colonial buildings...
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Ponnambalam Arunachalam, leader in the Sri Lankan independence movement Cankili I also known as Cekaracacekaran VII, most remembered Jaffna kingdom king...
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Portuguese Empire (section World War I)
(modern Sri Lanka), where he discovered the source of cinnamon. Although Cankili I of Jaffna initially resisted contact with them, the Jaffna kingdom came...
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and resulted in the capture of the capital, Nallur. The king of Jaffna, Cankili I, managed to escape and regained the capital through a pact that he made...
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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...
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shores of Sri Lanka by the Portuguese to wrest control on the pearl trade. Cankili I, king of Jaffna Kingdom, ordered the death of 600 Christian Bharathas...
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in Colombo. In June, developments in Jaffna favoured the Portuguese as Cankili I usurped the throne through a coup and in exchange for Portuguese recognition...
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Cinkaiariyan (1440–1450 & 1467–1478) Singai Pararasasegaram (1478–1519) Cankili I (1519–1561) Puviraja Pandaram (1561–1565 & 1582–1591) Kasi Nayinar Pararacacekaran...
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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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chapel. The chapel was constructed as the place where the Jaffna king Cankili I killed his own son for converting to Catholicism. Starting from the early...
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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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opposing forces: the greedy and conspiring Portuguese imperialists and King Cankili I of Jaffna, who ruthlessly defends his sovereign state from Portuguese...
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thumb Sankili may refer to: Cankili I LOKESH Sankili, Srikakulam This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sankili. If an internal...
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Aryacakravarti dynasty of Jaffna Kingdom had their residence here. King Cankili I had his stronghold at the fort previously located in Kopay. The Arya Cakravartti...
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kingdom Portuguese Empire Defeat Cankili II imprisoned and executed by the Portuguese Fall of the Jaffna kingdom Cankili I Puviraja Pandaram Periyapillai...
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the Crisis of the Sixteenth Century (1521–1597) in the Jaffna Kingdom, Cankili I killed 600 Catholic converts. Portuguese missionaries attributed the baptism...
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(Tamil: பெரிய கோவில்). According to historical sources, King of Jaffna Cankili I killed his son at the location of the present cathedral after his son...
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Portuguese did not undertake any further military campaigns until the death of Cankili I. His death created competition for the crown amongst his offspring and...
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