Wellawaya ( si, වැල්ලවාය, translit=Vællavāya; ta, வெல்லவாய, translit=Vellavāyā) is a town located in
Monaragala District
Monaragala (, ) is a district in Uva Province of Sri Lanka. It is the second largest of the 25 districts in Sri Lanka, with an area of .
Main Towns
* Monaragala
* Bibile
* Buttala
* Wellawaya
* Kataragama
* Siyambalanduva
* medagama
* Thanama ...
,
Uva Province
Uva Province ( si, ඌව පළාත, Uva Paḷāta, ta, ஊவா மாகாணம், Uvā Mākāṇam) is Sri Lanka's second least populated Provinces of Sri Lanka, province, with 1,259,880 people, created in 1896. It consists of two dis ...
of Sri Lanka.
History
On 25 August 1630 a
major battle took place near Wellawaya between
Portuguese forces and the Sinhalese under the command of
King Rajasinghe II, which resulted in a complete
rout
A rout is a panicked, disorderly and undisciplined retreat of troops from a battlefield, following a collapse in a given unit's command authority, unit cohesion and combat morale (''esprit de corps'').
History
Historically, lightly-equi ...
of the Portuguese army.
Wellawaya is where the first
armed attack occurred, on 5 April 1971, by the
communist
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Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; ) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party and a former militant organization in Sri Lanka. The movement was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka: once in 1971 (SLFP), and anot ...
(JVP) against the
Government of Ceylon, under
Prime Minister
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike ( si, සිරිමා රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක; ta, சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே; 17 April 191 ...
.
See also
*
List of towns in Uva
Uva Province is a province of Sri Lanka, containing the Badulla District and Moneragala District. The following is a list of settlements in the province.
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Agalle, Agampodigama, Aggalaulpota, Akurukaduwa, Alakkangama, Alakolaga ...
References
Populated places in Uva Province
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