The government announced that it wii rescind a list of 19 nationals described as "traitors" for leading an insurrection against colonial rule nearly 200 years ago.

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe stated that "a recommendation was made to President Maithripala Sirisena to rescind the January 1818 gazette which declared 19 nationals, including Keppetipola Disawe, as traitors and make a fresh proclamation making them national heroes." 

Monarawila Keppetipola: 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.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.