A British punitive expedition into the #KingdomOfKandy on #SriLanka/#Ceylon engaged in mass-murder on #ThisDayInHistory in 1803. They torched 1,100 houses and destroyed the town of #Ruwanwella along with its new palace, with an unknown but large number burnt alive inside of it.

ICYMI:A Curse in Nuala by Harriet Steel 
#BookReview   #4.5Hearts #Ceylon #police

#saintvincentandthegrenadines #antigua #antiguaandbarbuda #stkitts #saintkitts #skn #stkittsandnevis #saintkittsandnevis #southafrica #sa #pakistan #ceylon #srilanka #ghana #nigeria #sierraleone #sl #tanganyika #tanzania #trinidad #tt #trinidadandtobago #uganda #kenya #malawi