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Sangolli Rayanna

  • December 19, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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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.
History Sangolli Rayanna

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