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The Kingdom of Coorg (or Kingdom of Kodagu) was an independent kingdom [2] that existed in India from the 16th century until 1834. [3] It was ruled by a branch of the Ikkeri Nayaka . From 1780 to 1788, the kingdom was occupied by neighbouring Mysore but the Rajah of Coorg was restored by the British and became a protectorate of the British East ...
The captivity of Kodavas (Coorgis) at Seringapatam was the period of capture, deportation, and imprisonment of Kodava Takk speaking Coorgi Christians who rebelled against Tippu Sultan, the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, they (60,000-70,000) were caught during a number of attempts to suppress their rebellion in the 1780s.
Coorg (Kodagu) was the smallest province in India, with an area of only 1,582 square miles (4,100 km 2). As a province of British India, it was administered by a commissioner, subordinate to the Governor-General of India through the resident of Mysore, who was also officially chief commissioner of Coorg. Later freedom fighters from Kodagu ...
In 1950 Coorg was recognised as one of 27 different states of the Indian Union but in 1956 the state of Coorg was merged into Mysore (now Karnataka). [ 7 ] [ 17 ] There were many freedom fighters among the Kodavas as well, like Iynanda P. Kariappa, who was a leader of the INC and was sent to Delhi Jail by the British, he later on became the ...
Kodagu district (Kodava:) (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State , [ 4 ] at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State .
Ethnic group Kodava People Regions with significant populations India Languages Kodava language Part of a series on the Culture of Karnataka Emblem of Karnataka History Political history of medieval Karnataka Unification of Karnataka Etymology Historical sites of North Karnataka Alupa dynasty. Kadamba dynasty. Chalukya dynasty. Rashtrakuta dynasty. Hoysala Empire. Western Ganga dynasty ...
Summary. On a Shoestring to Coorg describes the 1973 journey of Murphy and her four-year-old daughter Rachel through India. They travel slowly by bus, train and boat from Mumbai to Cape Comorin, the southernmost point of India. They then return to the place they enjoyed the most, the hill province of Kodagu (Coorg).
The journey in The Discovery of India begins from ancient history, leading up to the last years of the British Raj.Nehru uses his knowledge of the Upanishads, Vedas, and textbooks on ancient history to introduce to the reader the development of India from the Indus Valley civilization, through the changes in socio-political scenario every foreign invader brought, to the present day conditions.