Kandyan Wars
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The Kandyan Wars were a series of early 19th-century military campaigns in Sri Lanka in which the British Empire ultimately defeated and annexed the independent Kingdom of Kandy, bringing the entire island under colonial rule.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kandyan Wars canonical | 4 |
| First Kandyan War | 1 |
| Kandyan–British Wars | 1 |
| Second Kandyan War | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3019659 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Kandyan Wars Context triple: [Kandyan Convention, follows, Kandyan Wars]
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Sri Lankan Civil War
The Sri Lankan Civil War was a protracted armed conflict from 1983 to 2009 between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), primarily over demands for an independent Tamil state in the island’s north and east.
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B.
Aceh War
The Aceh War was a protracted late-19th- to early-20th-century conflict in northern Sumatra in which the Dutch fought to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh, becoming one of the bloodiest and most significant colonial wars in Indonesian history.
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C.
Burmese–Siamese wars
The Burmese–Siamese wars were a series of protracted military conflicts between the Burmese and Siamese kingdoms that shaped the political and territorial landscape of mainland Southeast Asia from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
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First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War was a major early 19th-century conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Burma that led to significant territorial losses for Burma and marked the beginning of British colonial expansion into Southeast Asia.
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E.
Second Anglo-Burmese War
The Second Anglo-Burmese War was an 1852 conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Burma that resulted in the annexation of Lower Burma into British India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kandyan Wars Target entity description: The Kandyan Wars were a series of early 19th-century military campaigns in Sri Lanka in which the British Empire ultimately defeated and annexed the independent Kingdom of Kandy, bringing the entire island under colonial rule.
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A.
Sri Lankan Civil War
The Sri Lankan Civil War was a protracted armed conflict from 1983 to 2009 between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), primarily over demands for an independent Tamil state in the island’s north and east.
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B.
Aceh War
The Aceh War was a protracted late-19th- to early-20th-century conflict in northern Sumatra in which the Dutch fought to subdue the independent Sultanate of Aceh, becoming one of the bloodiest and most significant colonial wars in Indonesian history.
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C.
Burmese–Siamese wars
The Burmese–Siamese wars were a series of protracted military conflicts between the Burmese and Siamese kingdoms that shaped the political and territorial landscape of mainland Southeast Asia from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
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D.
First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War was a major early 19th-century conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Burma that led to significant territorial losses for Burma and marked the beginning of British colonial expansion into Southeast Asia.
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E.
Second Anglo-Burmese War
The Second Anglo-Burmese War was an 1852 conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Burma that resulted in the annexation of Lower Burma into British India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military conflict
ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ war ⓘ |
| afterEffect |
increased British control over Sri Lankan interior
ⓘ
integration of Kandyan territories into British Ceylon ⓘ restructuring of traditional Kandyan social order ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kandyan Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Kandyan–British Wars
|
| belligerent |
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Kandy
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| cause |
British desire to control entire island of Ceylon
ⓘ
conflicts between British authorities and Kandyan nobility ⓘ strategic interest in central highlands ⓘ |
| conflictType | colonial war ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| endTime | 1818 ⓘ |
| followedBy | full British colonial rule over Ceylon ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Kandyan Wars
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
First Kandyan War
Kandyan Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Second Kandyan War
Uva Rebellion ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
British Ceylon
ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ Sinhalese people ⓘ
surface form:
Kandyan Sinhalese
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Kandy
|
| historicalPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka)
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Kandy
Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| mainOpponent |
British Empire
ⓘ
Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Kandy
|
| opposedBy |
Kandyan aristocracy
ⓘ
surface form:
Kandyan chiefs
Kandyan peasantry ⓘ |
| partOf |
British colonial expansion in Asia
ⓘ
history of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British Ceylon
ⓘ
Kandyan Convention ⓘ Uva Rebellion ⓘ |
| result |
British victory
ⓘ
annexation of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ end of independence of the Kingdom of Kandy ⓘ unification of Sri Lanka under British rule ⓘ |
| significantEvent | signing of the Kandyan Convention ⓘ |
| significantPlace |
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Kandy ⓘ Uva Province ⓘ |
| startTime | 1803 ⓘ |
| topicOf | Sri Lankan historiography ⓘ |
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Subject: Kandyan Wars Description of subject: The Kandyan Wars were a series of early 19th-century military campaigns in Sri Lanka in which the British Empire ultimately defeated and annexed the independent Kingdom of Kandy, bringing the entire island under colonial rule.
Referenced by (7)
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