<P> Kittur Chennamma ( 23 October 1778 -- 21 February 1829 ) was the Rani of Kittur , a former princely state in Karnataka . She led an armed rebellion against the British East India Company in 1824 in defiance of the doctrine of lapse in an attempt to maintain Indian control over the region , but was defeated and died imprisoned . One of the first female rulers to rebel against British rule , she has become a folk hero in Karnataka and symbol of the independence movement in India . </P>
<P> Kittur Chennamma ( 23 October 1778 -- 21 February 1829 ) was the Rani of Kittur , a former princely state in Karnataka . She led an armed rebellion against the British East India Company in 1824 in defiance of the doctrine of lapse in an attempt to maintain Indian control over the region , but was defeated and died imprisoned . One of the first female rulers to rebel against British rule , she has become a folk hero in Karnataka and symbol of the independence movement in India . </P>
who led an anti british movement in kittur
who led an anti british movement in kittur
Kittur Chennamma
Kittur Chennamma