Yet, another struggle for independence was the Matale Rebellion of 1848, led by Veera Puran Appu and Gongalegoda Banda. Angered by the unfair acquisition of land and the imposition of new taxes by ...

MATALE, Sri Lanka – A Sri Lankan judge has announced that more than 150 human skulls and bones recovered from a mass grave were buried there about 25 years ago, strengthening suspicion that they ...

Watson’s conduct was also discussed by special committees in Parliament in London. Capt. Henderson, who took part in the ambush at Wariyapola, along with Captains Lillie and Watson, later wrote a book ...

The Matale Rebellion was thus emasculated with a single action. The only British casualty was a soldier wounded at Wariyapola. Lillie was acting under martial-law which gave the military enormous ...

British rule in Sri Lanka broadly falls under three phases: annexation (1796-1815), rebellion (1815-1848), and reform (1848-1945). ... with the quelling of the Matale rebellion.

On Tuesday April 5, the 45th “Bak Maha Viru Samaruwa” took place at four places in the country; After the Matale Rebellion against the British in 1848 the 1971 JVP revolt was the first against ...

The social deprivations created by these measures gave rise to the Matale Karalle rebellion, which erupted in the central districts of Kandy, Matale and Kurunegala. Although the rebellion leaders ...

Explore the Aluvihare Rock Temple in Matale. ... But during the Matale rebellion of 1848 many parts of the temple were destroyed, and the library with the precious collection was completely lost.

The British Empire’s influence in Asia reached new heights after the Battle of Assaye in 1803, culminating in global prominence following their victory at Waterloo in 1815. Though briefly challenged ...

A Sri Lankan forensic archaeologist says a mass grave discovered in November in the central town of Matale is roughly 25 years old.