SANGOLI RAYANNA.. CHIEFTAIN OF KITTUR RANI CHINNAMMA, He was the back bone of the queen Chinnamma who was imprisoned after KITTUR war in 1824 with East India Company over the issue of adption of a son. After the fall of kittur kingdom ,sangoli rayanna waged guerill war against the East India Company forces with the help of faithful followers.He plundered govt treasuries, way laid troops, and carried out surprise attacks. He could not be captured. He was finally betrayed to the English men in 1830 and the brave warrior was tried and hanged on 26 Jan 1831, 4 km away from Nandagad to a banyan tree. .Kittur rani also passed away in captivity at Bailhongal by this time. the adopted son of the queen shivalingappa was also arrested by the English men.
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