Kandyan Convention
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In the history of Sri Lanka, the Kandyan Convention was a treaty signed on 2 March 1815 between the British governor of Ceylon, Sir Robert Brownrigg, and the chiefs of the Kandyan Kingdom, British Cey
First (left) and final (right) pages of the convention
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Brownrigg, Governor of Ceylon
Part of the Kandyan contingent to the convention
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British Ceylon
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British Ceylon refers to the imperial possessions of the United Kingdom in the island of Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, between 1796 and 4 February 1948. Initially, the area it covered did not include
Kandyan Convention
…Giwisuma) was a treaty signed on 2 March 1815 between the British governor of Ceylon, Sir Robert Brownrigg, and the chiefs of the Kandyan Kingdom, British Ceylon, whereas, according to the Sinhala version of the Convention, the signatories were the chiefs of Sihale (note 1), for the deposition of King Sri Vikrama…
A group of British appointed Kandyan chiefs, with John Penry Lewis, Government Agent, Central Province in 1905
Admiral Sir James Somerville inspecting a detachment of Wrens serving with the East Indies Fleet in Colombo, July 1944
RAF crew and local Sinhalese in August 1945
Sir Edward Barnes was Governor of Ceylon from 1824 to 1831