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{{War|name=Uva Rebellion |dates=1817-18 |image=Kandy.jpg|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy Uva, Sri Lanka]|combatant1=[[East India Company]]|combatant2=Sinhalese|result= British victory|medal=  
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|category=<br>[[:Category:3rd Kandyan War|3rd Kandyan War 1817-18]] |link1=}}
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandian_Wars Kandyan Wars]
[[Image:Trichinopoli&Ceylon.jpg|thumb|Trichinopoly & Ceylon]]
|date=1817-18
 
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy Uva, Sri Lanka]
Also known as the '''3rd Kandyan War'''
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|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=6.951968,81.233415&z=9&t=h&hl=en 6.951968°N 81.233415°E] 
== Summary ==
|result=British victory  
The Sinhalese soon realised that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandyan_Convention Kandyan Convention] had replaced one disliked ruler with another. Rebellion broke out in the province of Uva. It was brutally repressed by the British.
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=Sinhalese
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|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keppetipola_Disawe Keppetipola Disawe]
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uva_Rebellion Wikipedia - Uva Rebellion]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tqpdlaPiOyEC&pg=PA175&dq=Uva+Rebellion&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U27m9rHUSXnrlV4jWhyHYGhdN8-0A Google Books - Uva Rebellion]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandian_Wars Kandian Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uva_Rebellion Uva Rebellion] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tqpdlaPiOyEC&pg=PA175&dq=Uva+Rebellion&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U27m9rHUSXnrlV4jWhyHYGhdN8-0A Uva Rebellion] Google Books
 
==== Historical books on-line ====
"Ceylon, a general description of the island and its inhabitants; with an historical sketch of the conquest of the colony by the English" by Henry Marshall 1846 - [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9Pg9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA174&dq=Major+Adam+Davie&hl=en&ei=eIcbTdjgNYPMhAexr_W2Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false English Period 1817] Google Books<br />
 
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Uva Rebellion]]
[[Category:3rd Kandyan War|Uva Rebellion]]

Latest revision as of 19:16, 30 December 2010

Uva Rebellion
1817-18
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location: Uva, Sri Lanka
Combatants:
East India Company Sinhalese
Result: British victory
Medals:
Links:
Category:
3rd Kandyan War 1817-18
Trichinopoly & Ceylon

Also known as the 3rd Kandyan War

Summary

The Sinhalese soon realised that the Kandyan Convention had replaced one disliked ruler with another. Rebellion broke out in the province of Uva. It was brutally repressed by the British.

External Links

Kandian Wars Wikipedia
Uva Rebellion Wikipedia
Uva Rebellion Google Books

Historical books on-line

"Ceylon, a general description of the island and its inhabitants; with an historical sketch of the conquest of the colony by the English" by Henry Marshall 1846 - English Period 1817 Google Books