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Cankili I (Tamil: சங்கிலியன்) (died 1565) also known as Segarasasekaram is the most remembered Jaffna kingdom king in the Sri Lankan Tamil history. He was very active in resisting Portuguese colonial inroads into Sri Lanka. He also inherited his throne via palace intrigues in which number of heir apparent’s died under mysterious circumstances. At the end he was removed from power by a local uprising that led to his son Puviraja Pandaram taking nominal power from him.
