The Treaty of Batticaloa (or the Hanguranketha Treaty) was signed on 14 February 1766 between

Dutch Ceylon Dutch Ceylon (; ) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although the Dutch managed to capture most of the coastal areas in Sri Lanka, they were never able to control the Kingdom of Kandy locate ...

governor Wilhelm Falk and King Keerthisiri Rajasinghe of

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. In

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, Dumbararala led five emissaries to negotiate the terms of the treaty. Eventually, 25 clauses were established in the agreement.

Terms

Based on the terms of the treaty, King Rajasinghe was forced to pay 10 million

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to the Dutch in reparations. The king had to acknowledge Dutch imperial possessions in

, Matara, Kalpitiya,

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, and

Batticaloa Batticaloa (, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu'', ; , ''Maḍakalapuwa'', ) is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the Batticaloa District. The city is the seat of the Eastern Univers ...

. The Dutch imposed their imperial authority on the coastlines of

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whereby their influence would be recognized by the king four miles from the coast into the countryside. The Kingdom of Kandy was forbidden to engage in relations with foreign traders, as well as establish agreements with foreign nations against the

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. The Dutch would govern the kingdom's cinnamon peeling industry.Grade 9 History Textbook, Sri Lanka King Rajasinghe attempted to convince the Dutch imperial government to make alterations to the treaty. No amendments or changes to the treaty were made.

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* {{Kandyan period topics Dutch Ceylon Treaties of the Kingdom of Kandy 1766 treaties

History of Kandy 1766 in the Dutch Republic

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