The Dutch East India Company's forces defeat the Portuguese on a sustained conflict culminating in the capture of Colombo on May 12, 1656 in Sri Lanka.a sustained, The Dutch eventually expelled the Portuguese entirely by 1658, ending Portuguese rule in the region.
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