Rajasinha Guard (Colombo Fort) | Prison Cell of Sri Lankan Last King
Rajasinha Guard (Colombo Fort) | Prison Cell of Sri Lankan Last King
A small structure popularly called the Rajasinha Guard or the Prison Cell of Rajasinha (Sinhala: රාජසිංහ මුර කුටිය) is found situated within the premises of the car park of Ceylinco House building at the intersection of Janadipathi Mawatha and the Bank of Ceylon Mawatha in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. Opinions Popular View: Prison cell of Rajasinha According to popular belief, this is the detention chamber of King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha (1798-1815 A.D.), the last ruler of Sri Lanka, before he was taken to India by the British (Manathunga, 2016; Rajapakshe et al., 2018; Sujata, 2020). Rajasinha was surrendered to Sir Robert Brownrigg at Bomure in Kandy on 18 February 1815 while he was hiding in a house at Udapitivala ( Abeyawardana, 2004 ). He was brought to Colombo and temporarily imprisoned at a specific house in the Fort area. Under the supervision of Captain O'Brien, the king, his queens and others were deported to Vellore in Madras (India) on 24 January 1816 through the ship H.M.S. Corn…