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 present day 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.
Read more about Kandyan Wars: Background, The First War (1803–1805), Interbellum (1805–1815), The Second War (1815), The Third War (1817–1818), Legacy
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