Historic events that Bogambara was witness to

By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, July 10 – The Bogambara grounds, the lake and the prison have been witnesses to the unfolding of some key events in Sri Lanka’s history since 1814. It was on the Bogambara grounds that the family of Kandyan rebel Ehelapola was executed in 1814. The anti-British rebel Keppetipola was beheaded in the grounds in 1818. It was in the Bogambara Lake that Ehelapola’s wife was drowned on the orders of the Kandyan King Wickrama Rajasinghe. It was in the nearby Hangman’s Hill

Jul 10, 2026