Kandyan Wars

E318342

military conflict series of wars war

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.

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All labels observed (4)

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