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.
Date1796–1818
Location
Kingdom of Kandy
Result

British victory

  • End of the Kandyan monarchy
  • Kandyan territory incorporated into the British Empire
  • Monarchy fully abolished in 1848
Belligerents
Kingdom of Kandy Kingdom of Great Britain (1796–1801)
 United Kingdom (1801–1818)
Kandyan opposition
Commanders and leaders
King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (POW)
Lewke Dissawe  		 Frederick North
Hay MacDowall
Adam Davy
Colonel Barbut
Ehelepola Nilame
Pilima Talawuwe
Ratwatte Nilame
Units involved

Atapattuwa Department (Royal Guard)

  • Royal Elephant Phalanx
  • Royal Cavalry Unit
  • Light artillery/ Wall Gunner Unit
  • Trumpeters and Drummers Unit
  • Musketeers Unit
  • Sharpshooters Unit
  • Signals and Courier Unit
  • Heavy Artillery Unit
  • Infantry and Fencer Unit

Green Howards 19th Regiment of Foot

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 51st Regiment of Foot

Ceylon Rifle Regiment

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.

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