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200th anniversary of Rani Chennamma’s rebellion
February 27 , 2024
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- A fleet of 20,000 British soldiers was positioned on the foothills of the Kittur fort as they attempted to invade the former princely state of Karnataka.
- But the Queen of Kittur, Rani Chennamma, retaliated and killed a British official to protect and safeguard her homeland.
- This came is to be known as the Kittur revolt of 1824.
- Kittur ruler before his death in 1824, adopted a child, Shivalingappa, as the successor.
- However, the British East India Company refused to recognise Shivalingappa as the successor of the kingdom under the ‘doctrine of lapse’.
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