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.

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Kandyan Convention canonical 10
Kandyan Convention of 1815 5
British annexation of Kandy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
treaty
abolished sovereignty of the Kandyan king
alsoKnownAs Kandyan Convention
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
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
surface form: Kandyan Convention of 1815
year 1815

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Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) successor Kandyan Convention
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) treaty Kandyan Convention
subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
Kandyan Convention title Kandyan Convention self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kandyan Convention of 1815
Kandyan Convention alsoKnownAs Kandyan Convention
this entity surface form: Convention of Kandy
Nayakkar dynasty event Kandyan Convention
this entity surface form: Kandyan Convention of 1815
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha signedOrSubjectTo Kandyan Convention
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha causeOfDeposition Kandyan Convention
this entity surface form: British annexation of Kandy
King of Kandy reasonForAbolition Kandyan Convention
Kandyan kings treaty Kandyan Convention
Kandyan Wars relatedTo Kandyan Convention
Kannasamy Nayaka event Kandyan Convention
Kandyan Kingdom event Kandyan Convention
Kandyan Kingdom treaty Kandyan Convention
Kandyan aristocracy historicalEvent Kandyan Convention
this entity surface form: Kandyan Convention of 1815
Sri Lankan monarchy endedBy Kandyan Convention
Sri Lankan monarchy keyEvent Kandyan Convention
this entity surface form: Kandyan Convention of 1815
Sri Lankan monarchy legalBasisOfEnd Kandyan Convention
this entity surface form: Kandyan Convention of 1815