Kandyan Wars

E318342

The Kandyan Wars were a series of early 19th-century military campaigns in Sri Lanka in which the British Empire ultimately defeated and annexed the independent Kingdom of Kandy, bringing the entire island under colonial rule.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kandyan Wars canonical 4
First Kandyan War 1
Kandyan–British Wars 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict
series of wars
war
afterEffect increased British control over Sri Lankan interior
integration of Kandyan territories into British Ceylon
restructuring of traditional Kandyan social order
alsoKnownAs Kandyan Wars
surface form: Kandyan–British Wars
belligerent Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
surface form: Kingdom of Kandy

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
cause British desire to control entire island of Ceylon
conflicts between British authorities and Kandyan nobility
strategic interest in central highlands
conflictType colonial war
country Sri Lanka
endTime 1818
followedBy full British colonial rule over Ceylon
hasLanguage English
Sinhala
hasPart Kandyan Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: First Kandyan War

Kandyan Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: Second Kandyan War

Uva Rebellion
hasParticipant British Ceylon
British Empire
Sinhalese people
surface form: Kandyan Sinhalese

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
historicalPeriod early 19th century
locatedIn Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
surface form: Kingdom of Kandy

Sri Lanka
mainOpponent British Empire
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
opposedBy Kandyan aristocracy
surface form: Kandyan chiefs

Kandyan peasantry
partOf British colonial expansion in Asia
history of Sri Lanka
relatedTo British Ceylon
Kandyan Convention
Uva Rebellion
result British victory
annexation of the Kingdom of Kandy
end of independence of the Kingdom of Kandy
unification of Sri Lanka under British rule
significantEvent signing of the Kandyan Convention
significantPlace Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
Kandy
Uva Province
startTime 1803
topicOf Sri Lankan historiography

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kandyan Convention follows Kandyan Wars
Nayakkar dynasty conflict Kandyan Wars
King of Kandy associatedWithEvent Kandyan Wars
Kandyan kings militaryConflict Kandyan Wars
Kandyan Wars hasPart Kandyan Wars self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: First Kandyan War
Kandyan Wars hasPart Kandyan Wars self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Second Kandyan War
Kandyan Wars alsoKnownAs Kandyan Wars
this entity surface form: Kandyan–British Wars