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{{Infobox settlement
| name =
| settlement_type = Taluk
| image_skyline = Kittur chanamma.jpg
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| pushpin_map = India Karnataka#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Karnataka, India
| coordinates = {{coord|15.60|N|74.90|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Belgaum District|Belgaum]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for = [[Kittur Chennamma]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| population_total = 16144
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_rank =
| population_demonym = Kitturians
| demographics_type1 = Language
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 591115
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KA]]
| registration_plate = KA-24
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Belgaum|Belgaum]], [[Hubli-Dharwad|Hubli-Dharwad]]
| website = {{URL|karnataka.gov.in}}
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| official_name = Kittur
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'''Kittur''', historically as '''Kittoor''', is a ''[[taluka]]'' in the [[Belgaum district]] of the [[India]]n state of Karnataka. It was part of [[Bailhongal]] taluka but was declared as an independent taluka on 23{{nbsp}}October 2012 by the Chief Minister of Karnataka on the inauguration of Kittur Utsav. It is 177th Taluk of Karnataka State. It is a place of historical importance because of the armed rebellion of [[Kittur Chennamma]] (1778–1829), [[Rani]] of the State of Kittur against the [[British East India Company]], during which a British Commissioner, [[St John Thackeray]] was killed.

==History==
On the outskirts of the town lie the ruins of the palace within a fort. The palace was the residence of the Rani Chennamma.

In the 18th century, Kittur was ruled by the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]], until the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]], when it came under British suzerainty.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k--C9xHsSnEC&q=marathas%2520gajendragad&pg=PA21|title=Glimpses of Maratha Socio-economic History|last=Chitnis|first=Krishnaji Nageshrao|date=1994-01-01|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=9788171563470|language=en}}</ref>

Kittur was ruled by Mallasaraja in the early 19th century. His only son predeceased him, and subsequently, he was succeeded by his wife, Queen Chennamma.

In connection with a disputed succession to this chiefship in 1824, St John Thackeray, Commissioner of Dharwad, was killed in a battle when approaching the Kittur fort. Later another unit stormed Kittur and captured [[Rani Chennamma|Queen Chennamma]], who was imprisoned in Bailhongal Jail where she died. Rani Chennamma became a legend.

Her death was followed by subsequent revolts by her general [[Sangolli Rayanna]], who was also considered a hero, destroying many British officers and records. He was later hanged in 1831.

The town lends its name to the fictitious coastal town in the 2008 novel ''[[Between the Assassinations]]'' by [[Aravind Adiga]] ([[Belgaum District]] has no coast, which rules out the real Kittur being the setting).

==See also==
* [[Rani Chennamma]]
* [[St John Thackeray#Attack on Kittur|St John Thackeray attack on Kittur]]
* [[Belgaum]]
* [[Bailhongal]]
* [[Sangolli Rayanna]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://maps.google.co.in/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Kittur&aq=&sll=15.540684,74.589596&sspn=0.001111,0.001454&g=Halasi,+Belagavi,+Karnataka&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kittur,+Belagavi,+Karnataka&ll=15.60018,74.791821&spn=0.004691,0.006877&t=h&z=17 Kittur Fort on Google Maps]

{{EB1911|wstitle=Kittur|volume=15|page=841}}

[[Category:Villages in Belagavi district]]

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