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Kittur Chennamma

1778 - 1829

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Chennamma of Kittur was the Queen of the princely state of Kittur in present-day Karnataka. She led an rebellious armed resistance against the British East India Company, in order to retain control over her dominion. She defeated the British army in the first war, but died as a prisoner after her second rebellion. As one of the first and few female rulers to lead kittur forces against British colonisation, she continues to be remembered as a folk heroine in Karnataka. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Kittur Chennamma is the 218th most popular social activist (down from 169th in 2024), the 262nd most popular biography from India (down from 170th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kittur Chennamma ranks 218 out of 840. Before her are Nayirah testimony, Moses Montefiore, Chen Sheng, Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Huda Sha'arawi, and Fred Phelps. After her are Czesława Kwoka, Christoph Probst, Stjepan Filipović, Ludolf von Alvensleben, Martin Luther King Sr., and Lepa Radić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Kittur Chennamma ranks 21. Before her are Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Ugo Foscolo, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Carl Ludvig Engel. After her are Beau Brummell, Sophie Blanchard, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Augustinos Kapodistrias, Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, and Francisco Manuel Blanco. Among people deceased in 1829, Kittur Chennamma ranks 24. Before her are Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Infanta Benedita of Portugal, Mahmud Shah Durrani, Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, and Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. After her are Josef Dobrovský, Sikandar Jah, John Adams, Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Juan Ignacio Molina, and Anouvong.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kittur Chennamma ranks 262 out of 1,861. Before her are Dhyan Chand (1905), Priyanka Gandhi (1972), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Dharmendra (1935), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942). After her are Hemachandra (1089), Murad Bakhsh (1624), Anna Leonowens (1831), Ravidas (1450), Godfrey Brown (1915), and Jagat Gosain (1573).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Kittur Chennamma ranks 12. Before her are Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904), Gangubai Kothewali (1939), Vinoba Bhave (1895), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866), and Mangal Pandey (1827). After her are Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Vandana Shiva (1952), C. Rajagopalachari (1878), Udham Singh (1899), Aruna Shanbaug case (1948), and Rattanbai Jinnah (1900).

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