Kandyan Convention
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The Kandyan Convention was an 1815 treaty by which the British Empire annexed the Kingdom of Kandy, ending Sri Lanka’s last independent monarchy and establishing full colonial rule over the island.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kandyan Convention canonical | 10 |
| Kandyan Convention of 1815 | 5 |
| British annexation of Kandy | 1 |
| Convention of Kandy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Kandyan Convention Context triple: [Kingdom of Kandy, successor, Kandyan Convention]
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Pangkor Treaty of 1874
The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 was an agreement between the British and Malay rulers that marked the beginning of formal British political control in the Malay Peninsula by establishing a British Resident in Perak.
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Geneva Agreement
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C.
Canberra Agreement
The Canberra Agreement is the 1947 treaty that established the Pacific Community, a regional organization for cooperation and development among Pacific Island countries and territories.
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D.
Treaty of Lagos
The Treaty of Lagos is the 1975 agreement that established the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional organization for economic integration and cooperation in West Africa.
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E.
Treaty of Seringapatam
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kandyan Convention Target entity description: The Kandyan Convention was an 1815 treaty by which the British Empire annexed the Kingdom of Kandy, ending Sri Lanka’s last independent monarchy and establishing full colonial rule over the island.
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A.
Pangkor Treaty of 1874
The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 was an agreement between the British and Malay rulers that marked the beginning of formal British political control in the Malay Peninsula by establishing a British Resident in Perak.
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B.
Geneva Agreement
The Geneva Agreement is a key component of the Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war and outline political and military reforms.
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C.
Canberra Agreement
The Canberra Agreement is the 1947 treaty that established the Pacific Community, a regional organization for cooperation and development among Pacific Island countries and territories.
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D.
Treaty of Lagos
The Treaty of Lagos is the 1975 agreement that established the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a regional organization for economic integration and cooperation in West Africa.
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E.
Treaty of Seringapatam
The Treaty of Seringapatam was a 1792 agreement that ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War, forcing Tipu Sultan to cede large territories and pay a heavy indemnity to the British and their allies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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treaty ⓘ |
| abolished | sovereignty of the Kandyan king ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kandyan Convention
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surface form:
Convention of Kandy
|
| appliesToTerritorialEntity |
Sri Lanka
ⓘ
surface form:
Ceylon
Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Kandy
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1815-03-02 ⓘ |
| effectiveFrom | 1815-03-02 ⓘ |
| followedBy | administration of British Ceylon as a unified colony ⓘ |
| follows | Kandyan Wars ⓘ |
| genre | international treaty ⓘ |
| guaranteed |
certain privileges to Kandyan chiefs
ⓘ
protection of Buddhism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
clauses on administration
ⓘ
clauses on land and revenue ⓘ clauses on religion ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | British colonial period in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| impact |
end of Sri Lanka’s last indigenous monarchy
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unification of coastal and Kandyan regions under British rule ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | former territories of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ |
| legalForm | treaty of cession ⓘ |
| legalStatus | binding agreement between the British Crown and Kandyan chiefs ⓘ |
| location | Kandy ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Ceylon
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonisation of Sri Lanka
|
| placeOfSigning |
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of the Tooth area, Kandy
|
| precededBy | Dutch rule in coastal Ceylon ⓘ |
| reason | to formalize British control over the interior of Ceylon ⓘ |
| result |
annexation of the Kingdom of Kandy by the British Empire
ⓘ
end of the Kandyan monarchy ⓘ establishment of full British colonial rule over Ceylon ⓘ |
| signatory |
British Empire
ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Kandy
|
| signedBy |
British colonial officials
ⓘ
Kandyan aristocracy ⓘ |
| significantEventFor |
British Ceylon
ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Kandy
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| subject |
rights and privileges of the Kandyan chiefs
ⓘ
status of Buddhism in the Kandyan territories ⓘ transfer of sovereignty of the Kingdom of Kandy to the British Crown ⓘ |
| title |
Kandyan Convention
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kandyan Convention of 1815
|
| year | 1815 ⓘ |
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