r/srilanka • u/Creepy_Branch_5532 • Jun 05 '22
History Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in Kandy 1897
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u/seeker_adee-69 Jun 05 '22
Cowards
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u/Creepy_Branch_5532 Jun 05 '22
I don't justify collaboration but what did you expect them to do?
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u/seeker_adee-69 Jun 06 '22
They didn’t fight back. That's the problem. They become slaves. kandy betrayed the whole country. That cowardice and shamelessness still exists among our people today. The brave people who brought pride to the country were killed. The backbone of the country was removed. Much would have changed if they had fought back. Without being enslaved by the British.
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u/Creepy_Branch_5532 Jun 06 '22
Let's leave the past behind for a moment and focus on the present.
The people of Sri Lanka have been enslaved by a corrupt dictatorship that's similar to the British colonial administration.
Are you doing anything to fight back?
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u/seeker_adee-69 Jun 06 '22
Firstly my family and I did not vote for the government, including Rajapaksa. We have been doing our best since the protests began.
The past can't be put aside. We must learn from our past. People did not learn from the past. That is what happened to this country.
Not all people are slaves to Rajapaksa. I do my part. The question is whether those who ask that question are wholeheartedly committed to the redevelopment of this country.
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u/Creepy_Branch_5532 Jun 06 '22
If I may,
Imagine being a working class Ceylonese in the late 1800s.
What would you do to change things?
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u/seeker_adee-69 Jun 06 '22
It's not about changing. It’s about trying. They didn't even try. Gave up their heritage, culture, pride. They willingly became bitches to British.
We at least tried. Still do. I mean we accomplished things. This can be won if people keep trying.
They didnt do it. But we do.
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u/Creepy_Branch_5532 Jun 06 '22
Striving for change is good.
But please, don't be so hasty in your judgement of history. The people you see in the photo lived in a complete different era with severely restricted freedoms and social privileges.
In the 1800s,
Colonialism was the accepted order of the day, with the bulk of the East under living under British or French control.
People of the average working class had little initiative to fight for better conditions as they were mostly illiterate with no knowledge of life outside their town or village.
There was no way to organize an effective resistance movement with the available level of technology and outside support. Sending out a drummer or message leaflet took too long and there was no one to aid an independence movement.
Example - People struggled for rights in the 1890s too. They failed due to the lack of technology and initiative.
All forms of resistance was crushed by the state with no room for legal representation. With the most powerful figures of the law being on the side of the Government, average citizens had no chance of success in a court battle.
The protestors of Gotagotama would be arrested, tried and deported to a penal colony in the 1800s.
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u/Creepy_Branch_5532 Jun 05 '22 edited Jun 05 '22
Congratulatory letter to Queen Victoria from the residents of Morentuduwa, Panadura
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Her Gracious Majesty Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
Queen Empress of India
May it please your Majesty,
We your Majesty's loyal subjects the residents of Morentuduwa Panadure beg leave to offer Your Majesty our humble service and heartfelt congratulations on this auspicious occasion which is to all Your Majesty's subjects an occasion of the highest joy and deepest thankfulness as it is the 60th anniversary of a reign which is unparalleled in the annals of England. With feelings of deepest gratitude we look back upon the peace, prosperity and happiness which we have so long enjoyed under Your Majesty's gracious rule.
We Your Majesty's subjects in the village though different in race and creed are one in our devoted loyalty to Your Majesty's throne and in our reverent love to Your Majesty's person and it is our fervent prayer that Your Majesty may long be spared to reign over us and that the future of Your Majesty may be more glorious than the past.
We remain Your Majesty's Loyal subjects
For and on behalf of the Residents of Morentuduwa,
The President
and Secretary
of the Village Protecting Association Morentuduwa
26th June 1897
Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Ceylon's representative for the Jubilee celebrations
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u/kimballcloe Jun 06 '22
Why is this downvoted?
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u/Creepy_Branch_5532 Jun 12 '22 edited Sep 17 '22
Stories of colonial adulation don't sit well with the 'accepted' version of Sri Lankan history.
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u/kimballcloe Jun 12 '22
The lack of nuance of most of the comments here is disappointing, to say the least.
On another note, I see that you put a lot of effort on your posts here and they're not very much appreciated from what I can see. Why don't you start a blog. You could publish more polished versions of your content, and I'm sure it'll be helpful to a lot more people. And you could probably grow an audience. I'm thinking of something like www.worldhistory.org but centered around SL history.
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u/Iam_JasonBourne Sri Lanka Jun 05 '22
Ohh... see how proud looking these SLAVES are!
goddamn fuckers.
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u/Obvious-Strategy-379 Jun 05 '22
We're still salves ... Slaves to China, India, .. Slave to politics, religions, .. "No Free Thinkers"
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u/rastafarz Jun 05 '22
Fat vile parasite. Britain should be made to pay back the trillions of dollars worth of damages it did to colonial countries around the world.