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CONFIDENTIAL.
CEYLON.
Appendix No. 5 to Memorandum on Colonial Policy.
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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C.O. 882
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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1816. 169. Nov. 5.
1817. 245. Bapt. 95.
248. Nov. 7.
Memorandum of former Insurrec- tionary attempts at Ceylon.
THE first conspiracy of the Kandians after our assumption of the Government of their country in 1815, was discovered in the course of the following year, apparently in a very immature condition. It was set on foot by a Buddhist priest of the name of Ihagama. This man and some others were arrested. Ihagama and a Malay were banished from the island, and a chief named Madugalie having been tried by a jury of chief, was sentenced to imprisonment for two yours. He was however pardoned towards the end of the year 1817, and was one of the prin- cipal leaders in the rebellion which commenced in that year.
In the beginning of September 1817 an imeur- rection broke out in the districts of Wellansee and Ouvah, which was not suppressed till the end of the year 1818, and which proved the most important, if not the only important ons of these which have oscurred in Ceylon atace the interior provinces emme lustọ our possession.
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