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Rani Chennamma was married to Mallasarja Desai, ruler of Kittur at the age of 15. Her married life seemed to be a sad tale after her husband died in 1816. With this marriage she had only one son, but fate seemed to play a tragic game in her life. Her son breathed his last in 1824, leaving the lonely soul to fight against the British rule.
Feb 20, 2024 · The Kittur revolt of 1824, one of the earliest woman-led anti-colonial struggles. Rani Chennamma’s valour forms a significant part of Karnataka’s political imagination. The reason that Rani Chenamma came into our national consciousness after other women warriors like Rani Laxmi Bai was because Karnataka became a state much later.
Kitturu Rani Chennamma ( Kannada: ಕಿತ್ತೂರು ರಾಣಿ ಚೆನ್ನಮ್ಮ; born 23rd October 1778 in Kittur, Karnataka – died 21 February 1829) was the Queen of the princely state of Kittur, in what is now India. She was best known for leading an armed rebellion against the British East India Company in 1824. This was ...
May 16, 2023 · Rani Chennamma sent a letter to the Governor of Bombay to implore the cause of Kittur. However, Lord Elphinstone turned down the request leading to an all-out war. The British tried to take away the treasure and jewels of Kittur and attacked them with a force of 200 men and four guns.
Jul 2, 2014 · The Kittur Fort was the place from where Rani Chennamma had carried out an armed rebellion against the British rulers in response to their undesired interference in tax collection in her estate. The remarkable fact is that she fought this war in the year 1824, thirty-three years before the uprising of armed 1857 that is considered in history as the first war of India’s independence.
Oct 23, 2020 · Kittur Chennamma, the Queen of Kittur, was one of the first Indian rulers to lead an armed rebellion against the British East India Company in 1824, against the implementation of the Doctrine of Lapse. She was born in 1778, 56 years before the 1857 revolt led by Rani Lakshmi Bai, thus becoming the one of the first
The Kittur Chennamma (ECS-211) was a Morrigan-class patrol destroyer of the Martian Congressional Republic Navy (MCRN) that served in the UN-MCR War. During naval combat, the ship was critically damaged in an engagement with United Nations Navy (UNN) forces that crippled the ship, killing the majority of its crew. The ship was later left derelict and abandoned by MCRN forces, deeming it damaged beyond repair. During an unspecified battle against United Nations Navy forces, the Kittur Chennamma w
