Sitawaka fort was built in what island country located southeast of the Republic of India?
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka ( or ; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා "Śrī Laṃkā ", Tamil: இலங்கை "Ilaṅkai"), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country located southeast of the Republic of India and northeast of the Maldives. Its current existence is due to the merger of several empires present on the island under European colonial rule.
Tromelin Island Tromelin Island ( ; French: "Île Tromelin" , ] ) is a low, flat, island in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometers north of Réunion, and about 450 km east of Madagascar. Tromelin is administered as a French overseas territory; however, Mauritius claims sovereignty over the island, on grounds of its absence in the listing of the 8th article of the French version of the 1814 Paris Treaty . France and Mauritius have been negotiating for years in regard to a possible co-management of the island in the future.