Multiple choice

Who led the anti-British movement in Kittoor?

  1. Ahilyabai Holkar

  2. Rani Laxmibai

  3. Rani Channamma

  4. Nana Phadnis
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Explanation

Rani Channamma of Kittoor (Kittur) led an armed rebellion against British East India Company forces in 1824-1829, opposing the Doctrine of Lapse. Ahilyabai Holkar ruled Malwa but was not anti-British in this context. Rani Laxmibai fought in Jhansi (1857). Nana Phadnis was a Peshwa-era administrator.

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