Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe - the last King of Kandy was captured at a historic place called Mada Maha Nuwara nestling in the mist laden Dumbara valley not far away from Kandy near Teldeniya and taken a virtual prisoner on the ill-fated day of 18th February 1815 along with his mother and two wives in the presence of Sir John D’Oly - the then Resident of the Kandyan Provinces. The King, his two wives and his mother at the time of their capture had taken refuge in a house owned by Appurala Arachchi of Demure in Udapitiyagedera in the vicinity of Mada Maha Nuwara. A commemorative stone Pillar at Mada Maha Nuwara marks the historic but tragic spot where the last king of Kandy and his royal household were captured by the British troops.
1815 AD
Last king of Kandy is deposed and exiled to India.
Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe - the last King of Kandy was captured at a historic place called Mada Maha Nuwara nestling in the mist laden Dumbara valley not far away from Kandy near Teldeniya and taken a virtual prisoner on the ill-fated day of 18th February 1815 along with his mother and two wives in the presence of Sir John D'Oly - the then Resident of the Kandyan Provinces. The King, his two wives and his mother at the time of their capture had taken refuge in a house owned by Appurala Arachchi of Demure in Udapitiyagedera in the vicinity of Mada Maha Nuwara. A commemorative stone Pillar at Mada Maha Nuwara marks the historic but tragic spot where the last king of Kandy and his royal household were captured by the British troops.