Episode 227
from BHARAT NAMA
remarkable warrior from Karnataka, Rayanna was born on 15 August 1798. As the army chief of the Kingdom of Kittur, he fought the British East India Company until his last breath. He mobilized local people and started a guerilla type war against the British. Rayanna was executed by hanging to death from a Banyan tree. Subramania Bharati – writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and social reformer Subramania Bharati A writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and social reformer, Chinnaswami Subramania Bharathi was popularly known as “Mahakavi Bharathi”. He was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry where he wrote numerous works of fiery songs kindling patriotism and nationalism during the Indian Independence movement. After being badly affected by the imprisonments by the British, Subramania Bharati died in 1920.
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