Madugalle Nilame
Madugalle Udagabada Nilame (Sinhala:මඩුගල්ලේ උඩගබඩා නිලමෙ), more widely known as Madugalle Nilame was a Nilame, an official under the rule of King Sri Wikrama Rajasinghe and later under the British Administration in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). He was a leader of the Uva rebellion of 1818. He joined the rebels whom the British sent him to suppress. The rebellion was defeated by the British, and Madugalle along with several other leaders of the rebellion were convicted of insurrection.
Q13267
Sinhala
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Q785131
Sri Wikrama Rajasinghe
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Q854
Sri Lanka
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Q3534806
Uva rebellion of 1818
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Q85846511
Madugalle Nilame
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1818-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1818
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country