Kittur Chennamma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian freedom fighter
Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1778
Place of Birth: Belgaum district, Karnataka, India
Date of Death: 21-Feb-1829
Profession: soldier
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Kittur Chennamma
- Kittur Chennamma (23 October 1778 – 2 February 1829) was an Indian freedom fighter and Rani of the Kittur, a former princely state in Karnataka.
- She led an armed force 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 in the third war and died imprisoned.
- The one of the female rulers to rebel against British rule (earlier first indian queen velu nachiyair madurai), she has become a folk hero in Karnataka and symbol of the independence movement in India.
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