Vimaladharmasuriya I of Kandy

Vimaladharmasuriya I Of Kandy

Vimaladharmasuriya I, also known as Konappu Bandara before Coronation and Dom Joan of Austria or Don Jhon Appuhamy was a king of Sri Lanka who ruled the country from 1590 to 1604 was a late 16th-century–early 17th-century King of the Kandyan Kingdom, located in the central hills of the present-day island nation of Sri Lanka. His reputation was built when he successfully repulsed two major Portuguese offensives in to Kandy. In 1594 the battle of Danture and in 1602 the battle of Balana both of which the Portuguese had a humiliating defeat.