Context

A bronze statue of Kedambady Ramayya Gowda, who revolted against the British in a mass insurrection in 1837, will be brought to Dakshina Kannada, Mangaluru, Karnataka.

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About Kedambady Ramayya Gowda’s:

• Kedambady Ramayya Gowda have revolted against the British in a mass insurrection in 1837.
• He led the Amara Sullia uprising.   
• Gowda’s army succeeded in defeating the British army and had lowered the British flag before hoisting the Kodagu Haleri dynasty’s flag in Bavutagudda on April 5, 1837.
• After the 13th day of hoisting the flag, the rebellion was crushed by the British army.
  
  

About the revolt:

• The ‘Amara Sullia Danger or Kodagu- Canara Mutinytook place twenty years before the First War of Independence in 1857.
• The revolt was against the high land revenue (tax) assessment and the absence of a lucrative market for farm produce.
• The revolt broke out against the East India Company in the coastal belt during 1830-31.
  • It reached the stage of an armed struggle in 1837.