Gongalegoda Banda lives in a cave at…

September 1848 CE

Gongalegoda Banda lives in a cave at Elkaduwa, thirteen kilometers (eight point one miles) from Matale.

Torrington has issued a warrant for his arrest with a reward of £150 for information on his whereabouts.

On September 21, he is arrested by Malay soldiers—although he offers resistance before his arrest—and is brought from Matale to Kandy, where he is kept a prisoner.

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