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Signing of the Kandyan Convention

When
2 March 1815
Where
Audience Hall
Part of
Kandyan Convention deposes Sri Vikrama Rajasinha; Ceylon becomes a British colony

British agents and Kandyan nobility concluded the treaty on 2 March 1815, deposing the King and ceding territory to the British Crown.

The convention was drawn up and read out at the Audience Hall. British agents, including Robert Brownrigg and John D'Oyly, met with the nobility to finalize the agreement. The Sinhala version specifies the signatories as chiefs of Sihale, acting for the deposition of King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha.

Sources

  1. Kandyan Convention Wikipedia
  2. Kingdom of Kandy Wikipedia

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