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Hi, Radhika, history -geek as a proud kannadiga I would like to post lessor known but gr8 woman warriors, rulers frm karnataka n redeem myself.
Abbakka Chowta, queen of Ullal who fought against portguese in the later half of 16th century.She belonged to Chowta dynasty who ruled Tulunadu.She was trained by her uncle tirumala raya in warfare techniquesShe retalliated several attacks of Portuguese successfully n called Abhaya rani
2.Another Chennamma,i.e Keladi chennemma was the queen of keladi kingdom (1677- 1689) in Karnataka.Keladi kingdom was found after the fall of Vijayanagara Empire. After her husband's death, she efficientely handelled admnstn. n repelled the advances of mughal army led by infamous Aurangzeb She entered into trade agreement with Potuguese n came to be known as Pepper queen😃 most importantly she povided shelter to Rajaram Chhatrpati, shivaji's son when he was fleeing frm Aurangzeb.when Aurangzeb attacked Keladi, chennamma fought the battle without defeat n the battle ended in treaty👏Her cabinet was headed by Thimmannanayaka who was descendent of commanderof Vijayanagara. Keladi kingdom probably was last to lose it's autonomy to mysore ruler n subsequently to the British.
3 Onake Obavva During the reign of Madakarinayaka, the city of Chitradurga was beseiged by the troops of Hyder Ali (1720- 1782) A chance sighting of a man entering the Chitrdurga fortthrough a hole in the rock led to a plan by Hyder ali to send his soldiers thru that hole.The guard on duty had gone home fr lunch, n his wife Obavva went to fetch water fr him frm the pond near that hol inthe rock. She noticed the army trying to enter the fort through the hole.She used Onake, (a wooden long club used fr agricultural work) to kill the soldiers one by one by hitting on thier head n quietly moving the bodies without raising any suspicion.When her guard husband retured, he was shocked to se her with bloostained onake.Both of them fought the army successfully, but it is said later on she died there only may be due t shock of having killed hundreds of men.
4.There has a;lready been post regarding our own famous kittur Chennamma '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
best known fr leading rebellion against British east India com.She fought fiercly with the aid of her lieutinant Sngolli Rayanna( on whom there has been a movie also) was ultimatly captured and died in prison.
U may see the underlying thing in all these gr8 woman was not giving up on thier sovergnity, n denying tribut to the invaders. they all need to be revered n appluaded👏
Bade Acche Lagte Hai 3
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