Kingdom abolished (George III as King of British Ceylon)
Born
1780 Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Died
30 January 1832(1832-01-30) (aged 51) Vellore Fort, India
Spouse
Sri Venakatha Rangammal Devi
(m. 1798)
Venakatha Jammal
Venakatha Ammal
Muttu Kannamma
Pilimathalawe
Issue
Prince Rajadhi Rajasingha (d. 1843)
Princess Raja Letchumi (d. 1856)
Princess Raja Nachiar (d. 1860)
Princess Sinhala Gauri
Princess Rajaratne Kamsalya
House
Nayaks of Kandy
Father
Sri Venkatha Perumal
Mother
Subbamma Nayak
Religion
Buddhism Hinduism
Signature
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (Sinhala:ශ්රී වික්රම රාජසිංහ, Tamil:ஸ்ரீ விக்கிரம ராஜசிங்கன்; 1780 – January 30, 1832, born Kannasamy Nayaka) was the last of four kings to rule the last Sinhalese monarchy of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka. The Nayak Kings were of Telugu origin and practiced Shaivite Hinduism and were patrons of Theravada Buddhism.[2][3] The Nayak rulers played a huge role in reviving Buddhism in the island.[4] They spoke Telugu and Tamil, and used Tamil as the court language in Kandy alongside Sinhala.[5][6][7][8][9]
The King was eventually deposed by the British government under the terms of the Kandyan Convention in 1815, ending over 2,300 years of domination by the Sinhalese crown on the island. The island was incorporated into the British Empire, and Sri Vikrama Rajasinha was succeeded by George III, as monarch of British Ceylon.
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^Ricci, Ronit (2016-05-31). Exile in Colonial Asia: Kings, Convicts, Commemoration. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-5375-4. They spoke Telugu or Tamil rather than Sinhala; they were by origin Saivite Hindus rather than Buddhists, though they fulfilled their key responsibilities as defenders of the Buddhist faith.
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