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1. LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION ON KING SEETHAWAKA RAJASINGHE

2. Aim Introduction Early life Career As a king As a warrior L eadership qualities Courage Knowledge Willpower Initiative Enthusiasm Death of Rajasinghe Lesson learnt C onclusion content

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4. THE AIM OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF KING SEETHAWAKA RAJASINGHE aim

5. The Kingdom of Seetawaka was a kingdom located in south-central Sri Lanka . It emerged from the division of the kingdom of Kotte (present Awissawella ) introduction

6. Portuguese involvement in the internal politics of Kotte increased with the arrival in 1550 of viceroy Alfonso de Noronha and a contingent of some 500 Portuguese soldiers. So at that time there were many rise and falls in the kingdom of seethawaka

7. At the same time the king was king vijayabahu and he had a family consisting with 3 sons called buwanekabahu,raigambandara,mayadunne Mayadunne thought his son fighting and he trained the son well.this son is the main character of this presentation is

8. The son of mayadunne tikiri kumaraya was born in 1543. At the same time he had grown under a millitary background. Because of this background siyuation he had a patriotic view about his kingdom . Prince tikiri bandara (Early life)

9. After training about war techniques Kotte counter-attacked in 1562, with Lacerda leading a substantial force from Colombo along the banks of the river Kelani . At Mulleriyawa they encountered a force led by Tikiri Banda , , Mayadunne and Tikiri Bandara launched a two-pronged attack on Kotte in 1564, laying siege to both Kotte and Colombo.

10. The period of 1564-1577 he started campaign to weaken the portuguese – kandy alliance

11. career After the death of mayadunne in 1581 the last king of seethawaka kingdom, become the king as seethawaka rajasinghe The career of seethawaka rajasinghe can be divided into two parts . Those are

12. The main aim of king rajasinghe was to unite the country. At the same time as a king he devoloped the economy, transportation ,ways of the sri lanka As a king

13. The trade of cinnamon was strengthen

14. In 1582, the new king invaded and conquered the kingdom of Kandy to the east, bringing the entirety of Sri Lanka into the Sitawakan fold, with the exception of the Jaffna Kingdom and Portuguese holdings in the south. Rajasinha redoubled his efforts at dislodging Europeans and by 1587 he had amassed a force of some 50,000 infantry, as well as war elephants, cavalry, and a number of locally manufactured cannon . As a warrior

15. The leadership qualities are essentiol for our everyday life to get the thins done and overcome the difficulties .throughout rajasinghe’s life we can get valuble substitutions like courage knowledge willpower initiative enthusiasm Let’s see what are the incidence which highlights these out thrugh his life Leadership qualities

16. Courage is the ability to face any dangeorus thing like war without hesitating and without breaking down the mind Throughout his career we can see the continuous warfare he has done. When he started his campaign against portuguese he was in age of sixteenth Even he was a teenager he didn’t hesitate to command his army he fought courageously and destroyed enemies Those incidents shows the courage can do enormous things without any barrier. courage

17. Knowledge is expertise skills reqired by a person through theoritical and and practical understanding of subject In case of seethawaka rajasinghe his knowledge about economy and agriculture was a bless for him To keep prize high in cinnomon trades he burnt all the excess stocks of cinnomon so the result was the rise of the prize He was the dictator in economy of seethawaka all the bussineses of seethawaka should be done by king’s authority knowledge

18. So he used his knowledge to make more profit from those King rajsinghe was knowledgeble in war techniques that he adept in the arts of conventional warfare Very early he had mustered in millitary technology. He used his mustered knowledge to fulfill his dream which uniting country

19. Willpower the ability to overcome laziness and it is the ability to control or reject unnessosory or harmfull impulses When we concider king seethawaka’s millitary actions he lead his army directly he didn’t get exited to go to the battlefield All of the wars he had are commanded by his staying in the battlefield.he didn’t let anyone to do that Once he consolidated his position in the batlefield turning almost at once from kotte batle to kandy and succeeded in the kandyan kingdom also shows his will power. Will power

20. Initiative means seeing something that need to be done and starting it. It means taking the first step rather than waiting for a better time Rajasinghe was one of great leaders who used their initiative maximumly . He was the key element in the planning and implimenting new ideas,programmes and polycies for the kingdom of seethawaka In this kingdom also there were some groups which denied there king and they developed themselves to fight against the king but king was alert and about this situation and he reacted quickly and took the necessary actions to prevent the rebellions. Initiative

21. Enthusiasm is the great exitement or interest in a subject or cause .it means throwing our selves into a goal . Enthusiasm is shown in seethawaka rajasinghe’s life in many times. Specially his dream was to unite the country All of his millitary activities directed him to succeed his dreams. He never gave up any task with any circumstances .the battle with portuguese was hard for him but he never thought that he couldn’t destroy them Enthusiasm

22. After finishing a battle while going back he was injured and got sick Then this great hero died close to Ruwanwella Death of great son

23. King seethwaka rajasinghe was a great leader who showed us that we can defeat any threat if we act courageously He showed his courage by defeating portuguese soldiers in his age of sixteenth Self confident is an essential thing to the battle field . We have to understand our abilities and be confident in that The enthusiasm is much need for our everyday tasks .if you have a task in front of you,you have to take interes on it. As leaders we must overcome our difficulties if not ,the man behind you is misguided You have to spread your knowledge in all arias. Knowlegbl preson is always specieal limits. Lesson learnt

24. KING SEETHAWAKA RAJASINGHE IS A GREAT WAR HERO IN SRI LANKAN MILITARY HISTORY … AS WELL AS A WAR HERO HE IS A GREAT KING IN SRI LANKAN HISTORY. conclusion