Q. Consider the following statements:
1.Rani Chennamma led an armed rebellion against the British East India Company due to the violation of the trade agreement by the British East India Company.
2.Kittur Utsav is a three-day festival which celebrates the Queen Rani Chennamma’s victory over East India’s company in 1824.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Explanation –
Statement 1 is incorrect. Rani Chennamma was an Indian freedom fighter and Rani of the Kittur, a former princely state in Karnataka. She led the Kittur revolt of 1824, which stands as one of the earliest woman-led anti-colonial struggles against British rule in India. She initiated a rebellion against the British in 1824 after they declined to acknowledge her adopted son as the successor according to the ‘doctrine of lapse’.
Statement 2 is correct. Kittur Utsav is a three-day festival celebrated annually in Karnataka, India, to commemorate Rani Chennamma’s fight against the British East India Company in 1824. Although she was initially successful, the British captured Kittur Fort in their third attempt in December 1824, resulting in Rani Chennamma’s imprisonment and eventual death in 1829.
Source: Forum IAS
