Tuesday, August 23, 2011

!!!...Mahan Krantiveer Sangolli Rayanna...!!!




The Great Freedom Fighter Veer Sangolli Rayanna,(15 August 1798 – 26 January 1831) was a prominent freedom fighter from Karnataka,India.He fought the British till his death.He was the army chief of the Kingdom of Kittur ruled at the time by Rani Chennamma.Rayanna was born in the small village of Sangolli,he belonged to the Kuruba /Dhangar caste and hence a warrior.A film was made on his life and achievements.


Kittur War:

When the British wanted to secede the kingdom to their empire by putting forward the doctrine of lapse as Rani Chennamma’s son was adopted,the queen refused to secede her kingdom after her husband’s death.Aided by Rayanna,she fought British bravely but was defeated and imprisoned.

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