Life: 1565 - 1596
Birthday: 1565
Death: 1596
From the beginning however, there was resistence to Portuguese mastery over Kotte. While Dharmapala was alive there were two major revolts, one led by Akaragama Appuhamy in 1594, and the other by Edirille rala in 1594-96.
source: "A History of Sri Lanka". Book by K. M. De Silva, 1981.