Episode 4 of 4
Arrest and Exile of Gongalegoda Banda
- When
- 21 September 1848 – 3 May 1849
- Where
- Elkaduwa, Kandy, Malacca
Gongalegoda Banda was arrested in September 1848, sentenced to flogging and exile, and sent to Malacca in 1849.
Gongalegoda Banda was arrested by Malay soldiers at Elkaduwa on 21 September 1848 and taken to Kandy. A proclamation on 29 December 1848 commuted his death sentence to one hundred flogs and exile. He was flogged in Kandy on 1 January 1849 and arrived in Malacca on 3 May 1849.
Sources
- Gongalegoda Banda Wikipedia, revision of 2026-02-23
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