About:
Sangolli Rayanna was the great warrior in the Kittur princely state of the Karnataka. Sangolli is a village in Bailahongal taluk of Belagavi district is the birthplace of famous warrior, Rayanna. He was the army chief of the Kingdom of Kittur ruled at the time by Rani Chennamma and fought the British East India Company till his death.
He mobilized local people and started a guerilla type war against the British. He and his guerrilla army moved from place to place, burnt government offices, waylaid British troops and plundered treasuries. The British troops could not defeat him in open battle. But later he was caught in April 1830 and sentenced to death. Rayanna was executed by hanging from a Banyan tree about 4 kilometers from Nandagad in Belagavi district on 26 January 1831.
At Rani Channamma University, The Sangolli Rayanna Study Chair was established in the year 2016-17 with the release of Rs.2.00 crores from Government of Karnataka in 2017-18. In tune with the our University Motto “Vidwan Sarvrta Poojyate” (The Scholar worshiped everywhere) the Sangolli Rayanna Study Chair aims to document, conduct research and survey on Rayanna’s life history, struggle against British company, and his patriotism.
