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Kittur Chennamma
Kittur Chennamma was born on October 23, 1778, in Kakati, a small village in the present Belagavi District of Karnataka, India. She belonged to the Lingayat community and received training in horse riding, sword fighting and archery from a young age.
Keladi Chennamma was the Queen of Keladi Kingdom in Karnataka. A Lingayat, she was the daughter of Siddappa Setti, a native merchant[1] of Kundapur, Karnataka. Keladi Kingdom, was formed after the fall of Vijayanagara Empire.[2] Chennamma married King Somashekara Nayaka[3] in 1667 CE.[4] After Somashekhara Nayaka's death in 1677
