Kittur Chennamma
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Kitturu Rani Chennamma (Chennamma, the Queen of Kitturu)(1778 - 1829) was the queen of the prince state Kittur in Karnataka.
She was married to Raja Mallasurja. With this marriage she had only one son who died in 1824. She adopted Shivalingappa and made him hier to the throne. The British East India Company did not accept this and ordered expulsion of Shivalingappa with the help of their policy Doctrine of lapse.
She was a legendary queen who fought the British army from her base in the small kingdom of Kittur in the Belgaum district of Karnataka State, India.
She was ably aided in her struggle by her Liutenent Sangolli Rayanna. She is considered as the epitome of the kannada women pride along with Onake Obavva and Keladi Chennamma.
She was born in a small village called 'Kakati'. Kakati is about 8 kilometers from Belgaum city (Karnataka).
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