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Name: Conquest of Sitawaka and Riagama Kingdoms

Type: Event

Start: 1594 AD

End: 1594 AD

Parent: Sinhalese-Portuguese War

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Portuguese conquest of the Sinhalese Sitawaka and Riagama Kingdoms.

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  • January 1594: In 1593 Sitawaka forces attempted to re-take Kandy, but were repulsed and their king Rajasinha I died of disease contracted during the fighting. One of the rival claimants to his throne defected to the Portuguese, enabling them to take complete control over Sitawaka.

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