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On 26 July 1848, the leaders and the supporters entered the historic Dambulla Vihara and at 11.30 a.m., Gongalegoda Banda was consecrated by the head monk of Dambulla, Ven. Giranegama Thera. Gongalegoda Banda was called "Sri Wickrama Subha Sarva Siddhi Rajasinghe". He asked the people whether they were on the side of the Buddhists or the British.
Wansapurna Dewage David alias Gongalegoda Banda (a.k.a. Peliyagoda David) (13 March 1809 – 1 December 1849 ) was the leader of the Matale rebellion in 1848, pretender to the throne of Kandy and a national hero of Sri Lanka.
The defenses of Sri Lanka were beefed up to three British army divisions because the island was strategically important, holding almost all the British Empire's resources of rubber. Rationing was instituted so that Sri Lankans were comparatively better fed than their Indian neighbours, in order to prevent disaffection among the natives.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Sri Lankan president and brother of current president, became the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. [ 83 ] Since 2010, Sri Lanka has witnessed a sharp rise in foreign debt [ 84 ] The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic -induced global recession accelerated the crisis and by 2021, the foreign debt rose to 101% of the nation's ...
This is a list of wars involving the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and its predecessor states. Legend ... (1848) British Empire ...
A memorial of Matale Rebellion, which began in Sri Lanka in 1848. July 26, ... ending the state of temporary government lasting since the Revolution of 1848.
1848 is historically famous for the wave of revolutions, a series of widespread struggles for more liberal governments, which broke out from Brazil to Hungary; although most failed in their immediate aims, they significantly altered the political and philosophical landscape and had major ramifications throughout the rest of the century.
1971 JVP insurrection: Marxist insurrection conducted by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna against the government of Sri Lanka. 1972: Sri Lanka becomes a republic, and country's name Ceylon was changes to Sri Lanka: 1983 24–30 July Black July by the government and Sinhalese mobs; Beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War: 1987 29 July Signing of the ...