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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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
abolished sovereignty of the Kandyan king ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Convention of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
appliesToTerritorialEntity Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country 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 colonisation of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: British Ceylon
placeOfSigning 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 ⓘ
signedBy British colonial officials ⓘ
Kandyan aristocracy ⓘ
significantEventFor British Ceylon ⓘ
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 of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
year 1815 ⓘ

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Kingdom of Kandy → successor → Kandyan Convention ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy → treaty → Kandyan Convention ⓘ
Kandyan Convention → title → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Kandyan Convention → alsoKnownAs → Convention of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Nayakkar dynasty → event → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha → signedOrSubjectTo → Kandyan Convention ⓘ
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha → causeOfDeposition → British annexation of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
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 of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Sri Lankan monarchy → endedBy → Kandyan Convention ⓘ
Sri Lankan monarchy → keyEvent → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Sri Lankan monarchy → legalBasisOfEnd → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Sinhalese kingdoms of Sri Lanka → endedBy → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Politics of Ceylon → keyEvent → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Sri Lankan independence movement → follows → British annexation of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
House of Kandy → endEvent → Kandyan Convention ⓘ
Matale Rebellion of 1848 → relatedTo → Kandyan Convention ⓘ
Senkadagala → conquestEvent → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Radala → affectedBy → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Dissava → linkedTo → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
House of Kandy–Nayakkar → endEvent → Kandyan Convention ⓘ
House of Kandy–Nayakkar → endCause → British annexation of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
House of Kandy–Nayakkar → legalEnd → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Sri Vikrama Rajasimha → event → Kandyan Convention ⓘ
Sri Vikrama Rajasimha → endOfReignCause → British annexation of Kandy ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention
Sri Vikrama Rajasimha → endOfReignCause → Kandyan Convention of 1815 ⓘ
linked to: Kandyan Convention