Matale rebellion
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The Matale rebellion, also known as the Rebellion of 1848, took place in Matale city, Ceylon against the British colonial government under Governor George Byng, 7th Viscount Torrington. It marked a tr
Memorial of the Matale Rebellion in Matale
Sri Lanka 029 Kandy Temple of the Tooth
Kandyan Wars
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The Kandyan Wars refers generally to the period of warfare between the British forces and the Kingdom of Kandy, on the island of what is now Sri Lanka, between 1796 and 1818. More specifically it is u
Matale rebellion
…Matale rebellion (මාතලේ කැරැල්ල) Part of the Kandyan Wars 1796-1818 Date 1848 Location British Ceylon Result British victory * Rebellion quelled Belligerents Kandyan rebels United Kingdom British Ceylon…
Terrain near Kandy; much of the Kingdom was mountainous, thickly forested and malarial, and the routes to Kandy were kept secret and well-guarded.
The Sri Dalada Maligawa, in Kandy, home to the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha. The Kandyan Convention afforded Buddhism 'protection', but less than fifty years later the British had constructed a church within the sacred precinct.