Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 (Sinhala: ඌව වෙල්ලස්ස මහා කැරැල්ල), also known as the 1818 Uva–Wellassa Rebellion (after the two places it had started), was...
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the Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 and the Matale rebellion. After release from prison, Silva became the new General Secretary of JVP in 1995, after its...
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Kandyan period (redirect from History of the Kandyan Kingdom in Sri Lanka)
greatest act of traitorship in Sri Lankan history. The Great Rebellion of 1817–18 took place in the former Kandyan Kingdom after two years of it being captured...
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Wariyapola Sri Sumangala (category People of the Kingdom of Kandy)
control of the island to the British in 1815. Later during the rebellion of 1818, he removed the Tooth Relic of the Buddha from the Temple of the Tooth...
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Robert Brownrigg (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
Brownrigg's Gazette Notification - under which participants of the Great Rebellion of 1817–18 had been condemned as "traitors" and their properties confiscated...
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Kandyan Wars (category 19th-century military history of the United Kingdom)
activities soon boiled over into open rebellion, commencing in the duchy of Uva in 1817. Generally called the 'Uva Rebellion', it is also known as the Third...
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Cnemaspis butewai (category Reptiles of Sri Lanka)
warrior Butewe Rate Rala, a national hero who fought in the Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 in Uva-Wellassa against British rule. It was the third Kandyan...
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Ratwatte Nilame (category People of the Kingdom of Kandy)
Chiefs of the Kingdom of Kandy. He held this post during the Uva Rebellion until 1824. In 1825 he was appointed to the post of 2nd Adigar and the year...
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Cnemaspis kivulegedarai (category Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka)
Kivulegedara Mohottala, who is a national hero fought in the Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 occurred in Uva-Wellassa against British rule. It was the third...
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to Mahavamsa-Great Chroniacl of Sri Lanka(as a World Heritage Book by UNESCO) and Dāṭhāvaṃsa-Great Chronical of Sacred Tooth Relics of Buddha, when the...
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Caste system in Sri Lanka (category Society of Sri Lanka)
many traditions of the Kingdom of Kandy were preserved from its 1818 collapse beyond independence in 1948 and the Land Reform Act of the 1970s. Although...
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Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the Royal Palace Complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy,...
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Cnemaspis hitihamii (category Reptiles of Sri Lanka)
Hitihami Mudiyanse Rate Rala, who is a national hero fought in the Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 occurred in Uva-Wellassa against British rule. It was the third...
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Radala (category Kingdom of Kandy)
administration following the Uva Rebellion in 1818. Radalas often refer to themselves as the aristocracy of the Kingdom of Kandy and claim the term came...
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definitively lost its autonomy following the Uva Rebellion of 1817. Over the years, the Kingdom of Kandy has been known by many names. These include:...
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Cnemaspis kohukumburai (category Reptiles of Sri Lanka)
Kohukumbure Walauwe Rate Rala, who is a national hero fought in the Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 occurred in Uva-Wellassa against British rule. It was the third...
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list shows recipients of the title "National Heroes of Sri Lanka" Pandara Vanniyan - 1982 Leaders (19) of the Great Rebellion of 1817–18 who were labelled...
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Kandy Esala Perahera (redirect from Festival of the Tooth)
Kandy Esala Perahera (the Sri Dalada Perahara procession of Kandy) also known as The Festival of the Tooth is a festival held in July and August in Kandy...
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to the area called Kandy of the Central Hills region known as Udarata in Sri Lanka, which have today spread to other parts of the country. It is an example...
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Keppetipola Disawe (category 1818 deaths)
prominent leader of the Uva rebellion of 1818 after he joined the rebels whom he was sent to suppress by the British. The rebellion was defeated by the British...
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Gongalegoda Banda (category People of the Kingdom of Kandy)
near the Kandy Kachchery. The rebellion was the first major uprising against the British since the Uva Rebellion in 1818. The anti-colonial movement on...
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The Conquest of Koneswaram Temple, also known as the Destruction of Koneswaram Temple, was the destruction of the Hindu temple of Koneswaram, at Trincomalee...
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Madduma Bandara Ehelapola (category People of the Kingdom of Kandy)
Wickremarajasinha thought that Ehelapola, as the Disawe of Sabaragamuwa, was aiding the rebellion against British rule, due to false information given to...
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Kandyan–Dutch war (1764–1766) (category Kingdom of Kandy)
Dutch-Kandy War of 1764-1766 marked a military conflict between the Dutch East India Company and the Kingdom of Kandy, culminating in the occupation of Kandy by...
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Social class in Sri Lanka (redirect from Social structure of Sri Lanka)
many traditions of the Kingdom of Kandy were preserved from its 1818 collapse beyond independence in 1948 and the Land Reform Act of the 1970s. Most Govigama...
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British government dating back to 1818, which named and shamed the key conspirators of the Great Rebellion of 1817–1818, the first struggle by Ceylonese...
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Kandyan Convention (redirect from Kandyan Convention of 1815)
the British governor of Ceylon, Sir Robert Brownrigg, and the chiefs of the Kandyan Kingdom, British Ceylon, for the deposition of King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha...
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Ehelepola Nilame (category People of the Kingdom of Kandy)
following the Great Rebellion of 1817–18, and was exiled to Mauritius. He was born to a Radala family of courtiers who came from the village of Ehelepola...
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This is a timeline of Sri Lankan history, comprising important & territorial changes and political & economic events in Sri Lanka and its predecessor states...
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (redirect from Botanical garden of peradeniya)
tree at the Great lawn Flower garden Flower garden Coleus border At the main gate In front of the Orchid house Gardner monument Collection of grasses Orchid...
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