Keppetipola
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Keppetipola is a town in Sri Lanka
. It is located in Badulla District
of Uva Province, Sri Lanka. During the British period this village had been called as Wilson-Tenna. In 1818 the British General named Wilson destroyed and abandoned this arid. Then this was called Palugama. And later somewhere in 1968 this had been named as Keppetipola. This had been done in honour and to commemorate the action of Monarawila keppetipola's ( then Disawa of Uva under the British ) return of the British troops and Armour and joining and taking the leadership of the 1818 rebellion against the British.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. It is located in Badulla District
Badulla District
Badulla is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area of the Badulla district is 2,861 km² and total population is 837,000. The district is bounded by the districts of Monaragala and Rathnapura on the East & South, by Ampara and Kandy districts on the North and by Nuwara...
of Uva Province, Sri Lanka. During the British period this village had been called as Wilson-Tenna. In 1818 the British General named Wilson destroyed and abandoned this arid. Then this was called Palugama. And later somewhere in 1968 this had been named as Keppetipola. This had been done in honour and to commemorate the action of Monarawila keppetipola's ( then Disawa of Uva under the British ) return of the British troops and Armour and joining and taking the leadership of the 1818 rebellion against the British.
Government institutions
- Uva Office of the Keppetipola Co-operative Society
- Keppetipola Economic Center
- CTB Bus Depot
- CTB Workshop
- State Timber Corporation - Timber Depot
- Irrigation Department - Engineering office
See also
- Towns in UvaTowns in Uva-A:Agalle, Agampodigama, Aggalaulpota, Akurukaduwa, Alakkangama, Alakolagalagama, Alakolawatta, Alanmulla, Alawatugoda, Alokkangama, Alpitiya, Alubogolla, Alugalge, Alugalge, Alugolla, Alukalawita, Aluketiyawa, Alulwela, Alupota, Alupota, Alupota, Alupota Town, Aluttarama, Alutwela, Alutwela,...
- History of Uva ProvinceHistory of Uva ProvinceSri Lanka has divided into nine districts and Uva Province distinct place among them. The natural beauty and the proud history of the province are the main reasons for it.- Name :...
- Monarawila Keppetipola DisaweKeppetipola DisaweRajapaksa Wickramasekera Mudiyanselage Bandaranayake Monarawila Keppetipola , more widely known as Keppetipola Disawe was a Disawe, a high ranking official under the rule of King Sri Wikrama Rajasinghe and later under the British Administration in Sri Lanka...