Kandy
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.Kan·dy
geographical name \ˈkan-dē\Definition of KANDY
city W cen Sri Lanka ENE of Colombo pop 104,000
— Kan·dy·an \-dē-ən\ adjective
Kandy
(Concise Encyclopedia)Important independent monarchy in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at the end of the 15th century and the last Sinhalese kingdom to be subjugated by a colonial power. Kandy survived the predations of the Portuguese by allying with the Dutch and survived the Dutch by seeking British aid; when the British took over Ceylon in 1796, Kandy was left on its own. The first British attack on Kandy in 1803 failed; in 1815 Kandyan chiefs invited the British to overthrow a tyrannical king, and in 1818 those chiefs' rebellion against the British was suppressed.
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