• Great Rebellion of 18171818 (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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • paleodontology and modern dentistry". Journal of Dental Sciences. 19 (1): 729–731. doi:10.1016/j.jds.2023.10.017. "The Eight Great Temples in the Western Hills (Badachu)"...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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 labeled...
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  • 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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    a traditional Sri Lankan dish, it is believed to be of Dutch origin, from the time when parts of the country were under Dutch rule during the Kandyan...
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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 18171818 occurred in Uva-Wellassa against British rule. It was the third...
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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 18171818 occurred in Uva-Wellassa against British rule. It was 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 18171818 in Uva-Wellassa against British rule. It was the third Kandyan...
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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 18171818 occurred in Uva-Wellassa against British rule. It was the third...
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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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    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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    351-352. Brill Archive, 1988. ISBN 9004089799 An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon at Project Gutenberg Downloadable copy of the 1817 edition...
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    a lack of successors, ending the second phase of the kingdom. The Nayakkar Dynasty, which began with Sri Vijaya Rajasinha, was seen as a great religious...
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    which contains the skull of Keppetipola Disawe, a national Sinhalese hero, a prominent leader of the Uva rebellion of 1818, who attempted to wrest back...
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    acceptable." With great diplomacy and humility, Vaz met De Castro at Mangalore and after having convinced himself of the legitimacy of the documents, brought...
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    Kandyan–Dutch war (1670–1675) (category Kingdom of Kandy)
    The Dutch-Kandyan War of 1670–1675 emerged as a result of territorial ambitions on the part of the Dutch, who sought to extend their dominion. The conflict...
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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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