Chitra Katha

Kittur Rani ChennammaQueen Who Rose in 1824

In October 1824, when the Company refused her adopted son and moved to annex Kittur, her men beat back the attack and the Collector Thackeray was killed.

1778–1829 CE

The full life

1Born at Kakati near Belagavi in 1778.

2The Company refused to recognise her adopted son Shivalingappa.Kittur Chennamma · Shivalingappa · The British

3Her forces killed collector John Thackeray on 23 October 1824.Kittur Chennamma · The British

4Kittur fell in December 1824.Kittur Chennamma

5Died a prisoner at Bailhongal on 21 February 1829.Kittur Chennamma

Sources for these facts

Bombay Presidency records on the Kittur rising, 1824
Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Belgaum (1884)

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