Dutch Ceylon (Sinhala: ලන්දේසි ලංකාව; Tamil: ஒல்லாந்த இலங்கை) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although the Dutch managed to capture most of the coastal areas in Sri Lanka, they were never able to control the Kingdom of Kandy located in the interior of the island.[1] Dutch Ceylon existed from 1640 until 1796.
In the early 17th century, Sri Lanka was partly ruled by the Portuguese and partly by Sri Lankan (primarily of Sinhalese origin) kingdoms, who were constantly battling the Portuguese. Although the Portuguese were not winning the war, their rule was oppressive to the people of those areas controlled by them. While the Portuguese were engaged in a long war of independence from Spanish rule, the Sinhalese king (the king of Kandy) invited the Dutch to help defeat the Portuguese. The Dutch interest in Ceylon was to have a united battle front against the Iberians at that time.
DutchCeylon (Sinhala: ලන්දේසි ලංකාව; Tamil: ஒல்லாந்த இலங்கை) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company....
included the whole island of Ceylon, now the nation of Sri Lanka. Before the beginning of the Dutch governance, the island of Ceylon was divided between the...
authority ruling all Dutch India. Instead, Dutch India was divided into the governorates DutchCeylon and Dutch Coromandel, the commandment Dutch Malabar, and...
of DutchCeylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as a colony administered by the Dutch East...
here for more examples..... Portuguese India DutchCeylon British Ceylon Sinhalese–Portuguese War Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505–1658 (1920). Author:...
Portuguese Ceylon (1551–1594) List of governors of Portuguese Ceylon (1594–1658) List of governors of DutchCeylon (1640–1796) Governors of British Ceylon (1798–1948)...
Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch, British and other Europeans who settled in Ceylon. The Portuguese and Dutch had held some of the maritime provinces...
The Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon (abbreviated as: DBUC; Dutch: Hollandsche Burgher Vereeniging van Ceylon), known commonly as the Dutch Burgher Union...
Dutch-Sri Lankan people known as Burgher people are the legacy of Dutch rule. In 1669, the British sea captain Robert Knox landed by chance on Ceylon...
favourite method of the King to harass the Dutch. Throughout the eighteenth century, the demand for cinnamon from Ceylon outstripped the supply, and its quality...
past tense Sri Lanka Kaffir people Portuguese period in Ceylon Burgher people Dutch period in Ceylon Indo-Portuguese (Sri Lanka) at Ethnologue (25th ed.,...
of Education, Sri Lanka. Central Bank of Ceylon Armorial Ensign of Sri Lanka - 1977. Central Bank of Ceylon Sri Lanka Emblem Archived 25 February 2021...
colonies on the Indian Ocean island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and a British invasion force sent from British India. The Dutch Republic had been a British ally...
Ceylon was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth. In...
– Flag of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Modified flag of the Dominion of Ceylon. Used since the proclamation of the Republic in 1972....
Vryburghers imported slaves from Madagascar, Mozambique and Asia (Dutch East Indies and DutchCeylon), which rapidly increased the number of inhabitants. After...
the idol of the main deity of the temple, and took it back to Galle, DutchCeylon. The local governor Vadamalaiyappan Pillai created new idols and took...
Dutch and British. Between 1597 and 1658, a substantial part of the island was under Portuguese rule. The Portuguese lost their possessions in Ceylon...
glutinous rice wrapped in a banana leaf. The Dutch in DutchCeylon are likely to have adapted this dish from the Dutch East Indies in the early 16th century...
– 1 November 1750) was a Dutch colonial administrator for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He served as Governor of Ceylon from 1736 to 1740 and as...
Indies, Dutch Coromandel in 1806–1825, Dutch Suratte in 1616-1825 Dutch Bengal from 1827 to 1825, DutchCeylon from 1640 to 1796, and Dutch Malabar from...
(Tamil: இலங்கை தமிழர், ilankai tamiḻar or ஈழத் தமிழர், īḻat tamiḻar), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state...
Tuticorin, which was governed from DutchCeylon until 1796, but became a residency of Dutch Coromandel in 1817 after Ceylon was relinquished to the British...
ISBN 978-0195616552. A History of Sri Lanka. Blaze, L. E. (1938). History of Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-8120618411. Manogaran, Chelvadurai...
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