Colonial India – Bharathiyam https://www.bharathiyam.com Sanatana Dharma | Culture | Heritage Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:24:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Kittur Uprising of 1824: When an Entire Kingdom Rose Together https://www.bharathiyam.com/stories/forgotten-history/the-kittur-uprising-of-1824-when-an-entire-kingdom-rose-together/ Tue, 27 May 2025 04:20:00 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/stage/?p=504 Indian history remembers 1857 as the “First War of Independence,” but decades earlier, in a small principality of Karnataka, a fierce rebellion shook the foundations of British power. The Kittur Uprising of 1824, led by Rani Chennamma, was not just the resistance of a queen, but the collective defiance of an entire people. Farmers, soldiers, merchants, and villagers alike rose in unison to defend…

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]]> Kittur Rani Chennamma and the Sparks of Revolt in Karnataka https://www.bharathiyam.com/stories/forgotten-history/kittur-rani-chennamma-and-the-sparks-of-revolt-in-karnataka/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:57:52 +0000 https://www.bharathiyam.com/stage/?p=157 When the history of India’s freedom struggle is written, the names of great leaders like Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi and Mangal Pandey often shine brightly. Yet decades before the Revolt of 1857 shook the British Empire, the soil of Karnataka had already witnessed a spark of resistance — led by Kittur Rani Chennamma, one of the earliest queens to raise arms against colonial rule.

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