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[[File:King of Kandy.svg|25px]] [[Radala]] collaborators
| combatant3 =
| commander1 = [[Keppetipola Disawe]]<br/>[[Madugalle Nilame]]<br/>[[Ehelepola Nilame]]
| commander2 = [[Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet|Sir Robert Brownrigg]]<br/>[[Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, of Kandy|John D'Oyly]]
 
Wilbawe Mudiyanse Doresami (as assigned King)
 
Pilimatalavuva Maha Adikaram III
 
Kivulegedara Mohottala
 
[[Madugalle Nilame]]
 
[[Ehelepola Nilame]]
 
Kohukumbure RateRala
 
Butewe Rate Rala
 
[[Wariyapola Sri Sumangala]]
 
Ehelapola Maha Adikaram
 
Gode Gedara Adikaram
 
Thanne Adikarama
 
Madulle Nilame
 
Megaskumbure Nilame
 
Kandepolla Nilame
 
Dunuwila Nilame
 
Iriyagama Nilame
 
Dimbulana Disave
 
Galagoda Mohottala
 
Galagedara Mohottala
 
Hitihami Mudiyanselage Rate Rala
 
Dambawinna Disave
 
Kurundukumbure Mohottala
 
Madugalle Basnayake Nilame
 
Millawe Disawa
 
Nanapurowa Raterala
 
Allamulle Rala
 
Baknigahawella Mudiyanse
 
Nakkala Mudiyanse
 
Ketakala Mohottala
 
Maha Betmerala
 
Kuda Betmerala
 
Palagolla Mohottala
 
Passerewatte Vidane
 
Yalagomme Mohotalla
 
Udamadure Mohottala
 
Kohukumbura Mohottala
 
Unanthenne wasala mudiyanse
 
Kohukumbura Gahawela Raterala
 
Maha Badullegammene Raterala
 
Bulupitiye Mohottala
 
Palle Malheyae Gametirale
 
Hapategamme Mohottala
| commander2 = Gen. [[Sir Robert Brownrigg, 1st Baronet]] GCB
 
[[Sir John D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, of Kandy]]
 
Molligoda Maha Adikaram
 
Ratwatte Adikaram
 
Eknaligoda Dissawa
 
Molligoda Podi Nilame
 
Kawigamuwa Nilame
 
Mahawala Thanna Nilame
 
Mullegama Disaawa
 
Doloswala Nilame
 
Ahaliyagoda Nilame
 
Katugaha Maha Nilame
 
Katugaha Podi Nilame
 
Dibulana Nilame
 
Godagedara Nilame
 
Binthanne Adikaram
 
Gonigoda Nilame
 
James Gray
 
Simon Sawers
 
P.E. Woodhouse
 
George Turnor
 
James Sutherland
 
Col. John Kelly
 
Lt. Col. Hardy
 
Lt. Col. Hook
 
Hadji Muhandiram
 
Major MacDonald
 
Major Wilson
 
Major O’Brien
 
Capt. O’Neil
 
Lt. Newman
 
Lt. J. Maclaine
 
Captain Ritchie
 
Captain Fraser
 
Lieut-MacCornell
 
Lieut-Taylor
 
Native Lieut. Annan
 
Native Lieut. Cader-Boyet
| commander3 =
| units1 =
| units2 = [[Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)]] [[73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot]]
 
[[Green Howards]] [[19th Regiment of Foot]]
 
[[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] [[51st Regiment of Foot]]
 
[[Royal Berkshire Regiment]]
[[49th Regiment of Foot]]
 
[[Royal Ulster Rifles]]
[[86th Regiment of Foot]]
 
[[Madras Army]]
[[105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)]]
 
[[Ceylon Light Dragoons]]
 
[[Ceylon Rifle Regiment]]
[[Lascarins]]
| units3 =
| strength1 = Unknown - From 20,000 to 100,000 in an islandwide network.
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==Great Liberation War==
The Uwa-Wellassa Uprising was launched by [[Keppetipola Disawe]]. With the exceptions of Molligoda and Ekneligoda, many chiefs joined the uprising. The fighters captured [[Matale]] and [[Kandy]] before Keppetipola fell ill and was captured and beheaded by the British. His skull was abnormal — as it was wider than usual — and was sent to [[Great Britain|Britain]] for testing. It was returned to Sri Lanka after independence and now rests in the Kandyan Museum. The uprising failed due to a number of reasons. It was not well-planned by the leaders. The areas controlled by some pro-British chiefs provided easy transport routes for British supplies. Wilbawe, who was said to have a claim to the Sinhalese throne, was found not to have any relation.<ref>[http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/keppetipola2.htm Keppetipola and the Uva The Great Liberation War] Virtual Library Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2007-10-01.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lankalibrary.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2910|title=Uva Wellassa The Great Liberation War - 1817 -1818|access-date=23 October 2014|archive-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026025955/http://www.lankalibrary.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2910|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=599218&category=Politics&Country=SRI%20LANKA |title=Wellassa riots in 1818 |access-date=2009-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107164855/http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=599218&category=Politics&Country=SRI%20LANKA |archive-date=2017-11-07 |url-status=deadusurped }}</ref>
 
==Aftermath==
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==Legacy==
In the ''Journal of Uva'', Herbert White, a British agent who was present in [[Badulla]] after the rebellion was suppressed, wrote:
 
{{Blockquote|It is a pity that there is no evidence left behind to show the exact situation in Uva in terms of population or agriculture development after the Great Liberation war. The new rulers are unable to come up to any conclusion on the exact situation of Uva before the Great Liberation war as there is no trace of evidence left behind to come to such conclusions. If thousands died in the battle they were all fearless and clever fighters. If one considers the remaining population of 4/5 after the battle to be children, women, and the aged, the havoc caused is unlimited. In short, the people have lost their lives and all other valuable belongings. It is doubtful whether Uva has at least now recovered from the catastrophe.<ref>{{cite news|last=Karalliyadda|first=S. B.|title=The need for University of Uva|publisher= The Island|url=http://www.island.lk/2004/08/17/featur01.html| year=2004 | access-date=2013-11-06}}</ref>}}
 
===Gazette Notification===
During the Great Liberation war, a [[The Sri Lanka Gazette|Gazette]] Notification was issued by Governor [[Robert Brownrigg]] to condemn those who were fighting against British colonial rule in Ceylon. All those who participated in the uprising were condemned as “traitors” and their properties confiscated by the colonial government under the notification with some executed and others exiled to [[Mauritius]]. Successive governments after the [[Sri Lankan independence movement|independence of Sri Lanka]] in the past had lied about their intent to revoke this Gazette Notification, brought to Sri Lanka on the instruction of [[Maithripala Sirisena|President Maithripala Sirisena]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2016/12/09/local/101556|title=Revokes infamous Brownrigg Gazzette notification of 1818: President grants 'National Hero' status to Uva-Wellasse The Great Liberation war|first=Chamikara|last=WEERASINGHE|website=Daily News}}</ref>
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