ONAKE OBAVVA

Nov. 12, 2021

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowed to the great Kannada warrior woman, Onake Obavva on the special occasion of her Jayanti.

About:

Onake Obavva was a brave hindu woman who fought the forces of Hyder Ali single-handedly with a pestle (Onake) in the kingdom of Chitradurga of Karnataka.
Her husband was a guard of a watchtower in the rocky fort of Chitradurga.
In the state of Karnataka, she is celebrated along with Abbakka Rani, Keladi Chennamma and Kittur Chennamma, as the foremost women warriors and patriots.
She belonged to the Holayas (Chalavadi) community.

Source : PIB

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