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Vikrama Rajasinha

Sri Wikrama Rajasinha
King of Kandy
HM Sri Wikrama Rajasinha, King of Kandy.
Reign 1798 – February 10, 1815
Coronation 1798
Predecessor Rajadhi Rajasinha
Successor End of Sinhalese monarchy
George III of the United Kingdom, as King of British Ceylon
Born 1780
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Died January 30, 1832
Vellore Fort, India
Spouse Vencataranga Rajammal
Venkatamma
Moodoocunamma
Venkata Jammal
Issue Rajadhi Rajasingha (d. 1843)
Letchumi Devi (d. 1856)
Raja Nachiar Devi (d. 1860)
House Nayaks of Kandy
Father Sri Venkata Perumal
Mother Subbamma Nayaka
Religion Theravada Buddhism
Signature

Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (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 Telugu nominal Buddhists who practiced Hinduism and spoke Tamil. The King wyhey may name is shrias eventually deposed by the British under the terms of the Kandyan Convention, in 1815, ending over 2300 years of Sinhalese monarchy 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.

Prior to his coronation in 1798, Sri Vikrama Rajasinha was known as Prince Kannasamy (Peradeniya Kannasamy). He was a member of the Madurai royal family and the nephew of Sri Rajadhi Rajasinha. He succeed his uncle as the King of Kandy in 1798 at the age of eighteen.

There was a rival claimant to succeed Sri Rajadhi Rajasinha, the brother of Queen Upendrama, who had a stronger claim. However, Pilimatalauwa, the first Adigar (Prime Minister) chose Prince Kannasamy, reportedly with deep seated plans to usurp the throne to set up a dynasty of his own. Sri Vikrama Rajasinha was faced with numerous conspiracies to overthrow him and reigned through one of the most turbulent periods in Sri Lanka's history.


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