Sangolli Rayanna

Sangolli Rayanna

Subject – History

Context – Prohibitory orders have been clamped on Belagavi till Monday morning after a statue of Sangolli Rayanna, a 19th century icon who fought against the British, was vandalised.

Concept –

• He was an Indian military Shetsanadi (Sainik) and warrior in the Kittur princely state of the Karnataka.
• He was the Shetsanadi of the Kingdom of Kittur ruled at the time by Rani Chennamma and fought the British East India Company till his death.
• Sangolli Rayanna also participated in the 1824 rebellion and was arrested by the British, who released him later.
• He mobilised local people and started a guerilla type war against the British.
• The British troops could not defeat him in open battle. Hence, by treachery, he was caught in April 1831 and tried by the British and sentenced to death.