Complete the sentence about Sri Lankan independence movement with the correct year: In ______, the British fomented a revolt by the Kandyan Sinhalese aristocracy against the last Kandyan monarch and marched into uplands to depose him in the 2nd Kandyan War.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 1815
In 1815 the British fomented a revolt by the Kandyan Sinhalese aristocracy and took the kingdom.
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