Loku Nilame Adikaram Ratwatte ( - 1827) (known as Ratwatte Nilame) was a

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of the

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. He was the 2nd Adigar (Adigaram) from 1825 to 1827 during the

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. He was one of the signatories of the

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which made the Kandyan Kingdom part of the

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Early life

He was born to a

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family of courtiers, his father Ratwatte Loku Nilame Adigar, mother Meegastenne Amunugama Medduma Kumarihamy . His paternal grand father Panditha Wahala Mudiyanse Ralahamy Ratwatte.

Royal and government service

He joined the

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as part of the Royal household. Ratwatte was appointed

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in 1815. In this capacity he signed the

as one of the Chiefs of the Kingdom of Kandy. He held this post during the

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until 1824. In 1825 he was appointed to the post of 2nd Adigar and the year before through a proclamation his ancestral lands were exempted from tax.

Family

He married, Abeykoon Amunugama kumarihamy, their grandsons were Seneviratne Nilame Ratwatte & Abeyratne Ratwatte.

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Early life

Royal and government service

Family

See also

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