death_date children nationality ethnicity residence death_place other_names spouse name occupation death_cause caption resting_place relations birth_place parents known_for religion article_title home_town
25 november 1818 2 sons sri lanka sinhala kandy , sri lanka kandy , sri lanka monarawila keppetipola , keppetipola disawe delwala ethanahamy -lrb- rathnapura -rrb- rajapaksa wickramasekera mudiyanselage bandaranayake monaravila keppetipola disawe of matale & disawe of uva executed by beheading veera monarawila keppetipola disawe sri lanka ehelepola kumarihamy -lrb- younger sister -rrb- udugoda , udasiya pattuwa , matale , sri lanka golahela mother -rrb- disawe -lrb- father -rrb- , monaravila kumarihamy -lrb- leading the uva rebellion of 1818 theravada buddhism keppetipola disawe
 matale
keppetipola disawe

rajapaksa wickramasekera mudiyanselage bandaranayake monarawila keppetipola -lrb- sinhala : ර ජපක ෂ ව ක රමස කර ම ද යන ස ල ග බණ ඩ රන යක ම නරව ල ක ප ප ට ප ල -rrb- , more widely known as keppetipola disawe was a disawe , a high-ranking official under the rule of king sri wikrama rajasinghe and later under the british administration in sri lanka -lrb- then known as ceylon -rrb- .
he was a prominent leader of the uva rebellion of 1818 after he joined the rebels whom he was sent to suppress by the british .
the rebellion was defeated by the british , and keppetipola disawe along with several other leaders of the rebellion were found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death .
he is well known for the exceptional courage that he showed at the moment of his execution , and is now a national hero of sri lanka .
