UNIT IV OPPOSITION TO BRITISH RULE IN KARNATAKA
I. Fill in the blanks with suitable answers
1. The First Anglo-Mysore war took place between ……… and ……………….CE. (Hyder Ali and The British in 1767)
2. The Second Anglo-Mysore war ended with ……treaty. (Mangalore)
3. Kittur Chennamma adopted a boy named ……… (Shivalingappa)
4. Rayanna of Kittur state belonged to …………village. ( Sangoli)
5. Surapura is in the present district of ………… (Yadgir)
6. The Bedas of ………………………village of Belgaum district rebelled against the British. (Halagali)
7. The Amara Sulya rebellion was basically a …………rebellion ( farmers‟ rebellion)
II. Answer the following questions in one sentence each: 1. By which treaty the First Anglo-Mysore War came to an end?
The First Anglo-Mysore War came to an end by the Madras Treaty
2. Which treaty ended the Second Anglo-Mysore War?
The „Treaty of Mangalore‟ ended the Second Anglo-Mysore War
3. What is the main reason for the Second Anglo-Mysore War?
The political situation in Travancore and Thanjavore was the reason behind the Second Anglo-Mysore war.
4. What is the main reason for the Third Anglo-Mysore War?
The politics of Travancore was the main reason for the Third Anglo-Mysore War
5. Why Dondiya is called Wagh?
He was called as the Wagh, the tiger, due to his bravery.
6. Where is Kittur?
Kittur lies between the Dharwad and Belagum
7. Who is Shivalingarudra Sarja?
Shivalingarudra Sarja is the son of Mallasarja and Chennamma
8. Who is the adopted son of Kittur rani chennamma?
The adopted son of Kittur rani chennamma is Shivalingappa
9. Where was chennamma imprisoned?
Chenamma was imprisoned at Bylahongala fort
10. Who remained an ideal person till today?
Chenamma remained an ideal person till today
11. Who raised a rebellion against the British in Surapura?
Venkatappa Nayaka, it raised a rebellion against the British in Surapura.
12. Who was known for his innovations in arms usage?
Hyder Ali was known for his innovations in arms usage.
13. How did Hyder Ali die?
Hyder Ali died due to illness during the war.
14. Whose ballads have kept the life and bravery alive till today?
Many ballads have kept the life and bravery of Rayanna alive till today
15. Why did Bedas of Hulagali rebel against the British?
They rebelled against the Biritish when they were asked to surrender their fire arms
16. Who rebelled against the British in Koppal?
Veerappa rebelled against the British in Koppal
III. Answer the following questions:
1. How did Hyder Ali come to power?
Hyder Ali joined Mysore Army as an ordinary soldier,but was known for his shrewd political moves.
He was closely observing the political developments of Mysore.
He came into prominence during the siege of Devanahalli and military action against Nizam of Arcot.
He won the hearts of soldiers.
He became famous as Nawab Hyder Ali in a short time.
He was known for his innovations in arms usage.
With his swift actions, he weakened the power of Dalawayee and sidelined the King Krishnaraja Wodeyar and established control over the administration.
2. What are the effects of Second Anglo-Mysore war?
Tippu Sultan thought of all these developments and decided to protect Mangalore and the coastal regions.
He defeated the British.
The „Treaty of Mangalore‟ ended the Second Anglo-Mysore War
3. What were the conditions of Srirangapatanam treaty?
Tippu was forced to part with half of his kingdom, was forced pay three crore rupees as war damage fee and had to pledge two of his children as a guarantee against the payment.
He was also forced to release the Prisoners of War.
The British withdrew the combined army from Srirangapatanam.
4. The Fourth Anglo Mysore strengthened the position of British in Mysore. Discuss.
With the death of Tippu Sultan, the British were happy as if the whole India came under their rule.
Most of the territories under Tippu‟s rule was shared among the British, Marathas and Hyderabad Nizam.
A small territory was handed over to the royal representative of Mysore Wadeyars.
This region came to be known as Mysore Princely State.
5. Explain the method of resisting the British power by Dondiya Wagh.
Dondiya was born in a Maratha family of Chennagiri.
He was called as the Wagh, the tiger, due to his bravery.
He started his career as a cavalry soldier in Hyder Ali‟s army and grew to the position of military general.
He built his own private army and fought along with Tippu Sultan.
Due to differences with Tippu, he was imprisoned.
The British released him from the prison after the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.
He built a small army and started his operations. He organized the army with the unhappy soldiers of Tippu‟s army and the feudatory rulers who had lost power.
He captured Bidanoor and Shivamogga forts and made unsuccessful attempt to capture Chitradurga fort.
6. Explain the method adopted by Rayanna to fight the British.
Rayanna was a brave soldier. He fought for the independence of Kittur and felt it was his duty to liberate his motherland.
He fought with Rani Chenamma and was imprisoned along with her
He developed a sense of nationalism and went on organizing an army.
He went on organizing secret meetings at sensitive geographical locations.
He aimed at looting the treasury and taluk offices of the British. He had an army of five hundred men.
He became furious with the villagers who were assisting the British army.
The British devised a cunning strategy to capture Rayanna Rayanna was cunningly captured and brought down to Dharwad
He was declared as an offender and was hanged till death
7. Explain the contribution of Puttabasappa of Kodagu in freedom struggle.
Puttabasappa organized the rebels and calmed down the people.
He declared that tax on tobacco and salt will be withdrawn, if the rebel government assumes power.
The rich farmers, land owners and local chieftains were assured of this move.
The capture of the government office in Bellare was the first move in this rebellion.
Puttabasappa killed an Amaldhar who was known for his brutality further increased the popularity of Puttabasappa.
This incident gained more support for the rebellion and the rebellion became more famous.
8. Discuss the Surapura rebellion in brief.
The British government was observing the various developments of Surapura.
it came to the notice of government that the representatives of Nana Saheba were present in Surapura.
This made the British suspicious of King‟s intentions.
The British appointed an officer named Campbell to report on the various activities of the King.
The officer submitted a report to the resident of Hyderabad that the King is involved in misadministration. The British army captured Surapura .
9. What are the reasons for First Anglo-Mysore War?
This was started in CE 1767 and ended in CE 1769.
The prominence gained by Hyder Ali in the South was not tolerated by the British,Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Hence, the British started devising cunning plans to defeat Hyder Ali whom they saw as impedance for the expansionist ideas.
Though, Hyder Ali suffered a lot due to the Maratha aggression, he made attempts to have Marathas and Nizam of Hyderabad on his sides with little success.
10. What are the reasons for Second Anglo-Mysore War?
The political situation in Travancore and Thanjavore was the reason behind this war.
The Madras Treaty had put the political developments in South India on a temporary hold.
The British attempted to break the „Madras Treaty‟.
When Madhava Rao attacked Srirangapatana with Maratha army, Hyder Ali expected the British support him as per the Madras Treaty.
But, the British rejected the request of Hyder Ali and went against the Madras Treaty.
Mahe, the French colony was under the hold of Hyder Ali.
The British attacked Mahe and captured it.
11. What are the reasons for Third Anglo-Mysore War?
The politics of Travancore was the main reason for this war.
The king of Travancore built a fort in Kochi with the help of the British and captured Aayakota and Kanganoor forts from the Dutch.
All these were the clear breach of Mangalore Treaty
12. What are the reasons for Fourth Anglo-Mysore War?
Tippu Sultan took the defeat in the Third Anglo-Mysore war personally.
He paid all the dues and got released his children.
He also gave away the territory to the British and its allies as agreed.
He claimed his right over the Malabar regions under the British occupation.
But, the British refused this argument.
Tippu sent an ambassador to France to seek the alliance of French.
13. Explain the achievements of Kittur Rani Chennamma.
After the death of ShivalingarudraSarja, Chennamma adopted a boy named Shivalingappa and started ruling Kittur as a queen regent
Thackeray sent a report to the Governor of Bombay and attempted to take over Kittur Kingdom under the Doctrine of Lapse policy.
He attempted to take over the treasury and fort under his control
The British attacked Kittur again under the leadership of Colonel Deak.
The army fought the battle bravely.
Chenamma attempted to flee from the battle field.
But she was captured by the British army.
Chenamma and others were imprisoned at Bylahongala fort.
Queen Chenamma passed away in the prison.
She has remained an ideal person till today.
14. Explain Rebellion of Bedas of Hulagali.
Hulagali is a small village of Mudhol taluk of Belgaum district.
In 1857 CE, the British banned the usage of weapons.
The Bedas who always kept guns as part of customs and they were good hunters.
They rebelled against the Biritish when they were asked to surrender their fire arms.
The Bedas of Manturu, Bodani,Aalagundi and others joined Hulagali Bedas.
The British army entered Hulagali village to suppress the rebellion.
They suppressed the Bedas in an inhuman way.
All the rebels were hanged till death
15. Explain the revolt of Veerappa of Koppal.
Veerappa who was a Zamindar, rebelled against the British and occupied the fort of Koppal and other forts in the vicinity.
Many farmers and Zamindars supported after realizing his motives.
The British contacted the Nizam and employed their army to defeat Veerappa.
Veerappa who had lesser soldiers died fighting the army of the British.
The Birtish captured back the fort of Koppal.
Though, this rebellion was short lived one, Veerappa proved himself to be a good warrior.
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