About Brave
Kittur Rani
Chennamma
TRANSFORMATION OF KITTUR
Kittur Rani Chennamma
23 October 1778 - 21 February 1829
She Was The Indian Queen {Rani Of Kittur} A
Princely State In Present-day Karnataka She Led An
Armed Rebellion Against The British East India
Company In 1824 In Defiance Of The Doctrine Of
Lapse In An Attempt To Maintain Indian Control
Over The Region But Was Defeated And Died
Imprisoned. One Of The First Female Rulers To
Rebel Against British Rule, she Becomes A Folk
Heroine in Karnataka And a Symbol Of The
Independence Movement In India.
o Kittur Rani Chennamma Was Born On 23
October 1778, In Kakati, A Small Village In The
Present Belagavi District Of Karnataka, India.
o She belonged to the Lingayat community and
received training in horse riding, sword
fighting, and archery from a young age.
o She married Raja Mallasaraja of the Desai
family at the age of 15.
Rebellion against the British…
o Chennamma’s Husband Died In 1824, Leaving Her With A
Son And A State Full Of Volatility. This Was Followed By
Her Son’s Death In 1824. Rani Chennamma Was Left
With The State Of Kittur And An Uphill Task To Save It
From The British. Following The Death Of Her Husband
And Her Son.
o Rani Chennamma adopted Shivalingappa in the year
1824 and made him the heir to the throne. this irked the
East India Company. who ordered Shivalingappa’s
explosion, on the pretext of the doctrine of lapse
o This Doctrine Was Based On The Idea That In Case
The Ruler Of An Independent State Died Childless,
The Right Of Ruling The State ‘Lapsed’ To The
Sovereign.
o The State Of Kittur Came Under The Administration
Of The Dharwad Collectorate In Charge Of St John
Thackeray Of Which Mr.Chaplin Was The
Commissioner, Both Of Whom Did Not Recognize
The New Ruler And Regent And Notified Kittur To
Accept The British Regime.
o Rani Chennamma Sent A Letter To The Governor
Of The Bombay Presidency Pleading Her Cause,
but The Request Was Turned Down, and War
Broke Out. The British Tried To Confiscate The
Treasure And Jewels Of Kittur, valued At Around
1.5 Million Rupees. They Attacked With A Force
Of 20,797 Men And 437 Guns, Mainly From The
Third Troop Of Madras Native Horse Art.
Kittur Fort
Sangolli Rayanna Continued
The Guerrilla War To 1829 In
Vain, Until His Capture. He
Wanted To Install The
AdoptedKittur,
Boy But Sangolli Rayanna Was Caught And
Shivalingappa
Shivalingappa
Ruler Of Was
As The Hanged. Arrested By The British
Chennamma’s Legacy And First Victory Are Still
Commemorated In Kittur, During The Kittur Utsava
Held On 22-24 October Annually.
Death of Kittur
Chennamma
During This Second Battle Against The East India
Company, Kittur Chennamma Fought Viciously
Alongside Her Deputy Sangolli Rayanna.
Unfortunately, The Queen And Her Leading Officers
Were Betrayed By Traitors In The Army Who Mixed
Cow Dung With Gunpowder, Rendering The Weapons
Useless. Rani Chennamma Was Captured And
Imprisoned At The Fort Of Bailhongal. Kittur Rani
Chennamma Died In British Custody On The 2nd Of
February 1829 At 51 Years Of Age.
The Aftermath of the Queen’s
Death
After The Death Of Kittur Chennamma, Her
Second In Command, Sangolli Rayanna, Kept
Fighting The British Troops Till 1829 when he Was
Captured And Hanged By The British Forces. The
Queen’s Adopted Son, Shivalingappa, Was
Arrested By The British, And Finally, Kittur Fell
Into The Hands Of The Empire.
Memorials of Kittur
Chennamma
Queen Chennamma was buried in Bailhongal,
which acts as a memorial site for Samadhi.
Further, her statue was unveiled on the 11th of
September 2007 at the Indian Parliament
Complex by Former Indian President Pratibha
Patil. Vijay Gaur, a Kittur Rani Chennamma
Memorial Committee member, built the statue.
Other statues commemorating Rani Chennamma
are located at Bengaluru, Kittur, Belagavi, and
Hubballi.
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