Kandyan Wars

Kandyan Wars
Hindoostan on the eve of the Second Kandyan War; the entirety of Sri Lanka is shown as being under British control, when in fact the kingdom of Kandy endured in the mountainous interior.
Date 1796–1818 Location Kingdom of Kandy Result British victory End of the Kandyan monarchy
Belligerents
Kandy	Kingdom of Great Britain Kandyan opposition
Commanders and leaders
King Vikrama Rajasinha  (POW) Dissawa Lewke	Frederick North Hay MacDowall Adam Davy Colonel Barbut Ehelepola Nilame Pilima Talawuwe Ratwatte Nilame
Units involved
Kingdom of Kandy's Army	Green Howards 19th Regiment of Foot King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 51st Regiment of Foot Ceylon Rifle Regiment

Part of a series on the
History of Kandy
Kingdom of Kandy (1469–1815)
Founding Sinhalese–Portuguese War Kandyan Treaty of 1638 Portuguese Ceylon Treaty of Batticaloa Kandyan Wars
Colonial Kandy (1815–1948)
Kandyan Convention Matale rebellion South East Asia Command
Kandy (1948–present)
Modern Kandy
See also
An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon List of Kandyan monarchs History of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka portal
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The Kandyan Wars (or the Kandian Wars) refers generally to the period of warfare between the British colonial forces and the Kingdom of Kandy, on the island of what is now Sri Lanka, between 1796 and 1818. More specifically it is used to describe the expeditionary campaigns of the British Army in the Kingdom of Kandy in 1803 and 1815.