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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Kannanda Doddayya''' was a [[Kodava people|Kodava]] commander who defeated [[Hyder Ali]]'s forces thrice.<ref name="Richter">{{cite book |last1=Richter |first1=G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aadCAAAAIAAJ&dq=kannana+richter&pg=PA189 |title=Manual of Coorg: A Gazetteer of the Natural Features of the Country, and the Social and Political Condition of Its Inhabitants |date=1870 |publisher=C. Stolz |page=189 |language=en |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="Ponnappa">{{cite book |last1=Ponnappa |first1=Kongetira Chinnappa |title=A Study of the Origins of Coorgs |date=1999 |page=231}}</ref><ref name="Subbayya">{{cite book |last1=Subbayya |first1=K K |title=Archaeology of Coorg |date=1978 |publisher=Geetha Book House |page=201}}</ref><ref name="Muthanna">{{cite book |last1=Muthanna |first1=Dr I M |title=The Coorg Memoirs: the Story of the Kodavas |date=1971 |publisher=Usha Press |page=214}}</ref><ref name="Kushalappa">{{cite news |last1=Kushalappa |first1=Mookonda |date=25 April 2016 |title=Immortalised in stone |language=en |work=Deccan Herald |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/542671/immortalised-stone.html |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> He was also known as Kannana Doddayya and Doddanna.<ref name="Richter" /><ref name="Subbayya" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
He was a force commander of about 3,000 Kodavas (Coorgs) who defeated Hyder Ali of Mysore.<ref name="Ponnappa" /> He served as the general under Muddu Raja, the Haleri dynasty Raja of Kodagu.<ref name="Subbayya" /> Hyder Ali sent his army under his commander Fazulla Khan who was defeated by Doddayya thrice. The first time was at Igoor.<ref name="Muthanna" /> Before he went on his last battle he told the Raja: “Twice I defeated Hyder’s army and came back to bow to you. But this time I shall not come back.”<ref name="Richter" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Finally, Doddayya died at the battle of Kajur Bagilu despite winning the same battle in 1767.<ref name="Subbayya" /><ref name="Ponnappa" /><ref name="Richter" /> A stone slab was made in his honour and setup in the rice fields.<ref name="Richter" /> Another Kodava commander, Appachu Mandanna, also died in that same battle.<ref name="Richter" /> Later, when Hyder's son [[Tipu Sultan]] invaded Kodagu, he burnt Kannanda Doddayya's house during the war and hanged twenty-four members of his family in an attempt to defeat and control Kodagu.<ref name="Richter" /><ref name="Kushalappa" /><br />
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