{"id":130926,"date":"2026-10-28T12:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T07:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=130926"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T07:17:41","slug":"kittur-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kittur-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka Announces \u20b940 Crore Freedom Park at Historic Kittur Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kittur Fort Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Karnataka State government will build the Kittur Channamma Freedom Park in the Kittur Fort in the Belagavi district at a cost of \u20b940 crore, the Chief Minister said recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kittur Fort<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a historic fort located in Belagavi, <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>History<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>constructed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><b>Allappa Gowda Sardesai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the<\/span><b> fifth ruler of the Kittur dynasty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during his rule between <\/span><b>1660 and 1691 AD.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It became famous as the <\/span><b>stronghold of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kittur-rani-chennamma\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rani Chennamma<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a<\/span><b> brave queen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who <\/span><b>led<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one of India\u2019s earliest <\/span><b>armed rebellions against British rule in 1824,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about 33 years before the 1857 revolt.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the <\/span><b>British eventually suppressed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the uprising, it remains a significant event in India&#8217;s struggle for freedom.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Architecture:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fort was <\/span><b>constructed using black basalt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and features <\/span><b>Peshwa-Islamic architecture,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a <\/span><b>three-storeyed palace <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inside<\/span><b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fort was equipped with<\/span><b> secret water well<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, a pole star viewing room, and a large palace hall for royal gatherings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A museum within the fort houses weapons, sculptures, and relics from the era of Queen Kittur Chennamma\u2019s rebellion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fort features well-preserved ruins, including the old palace, a watchtower, water cisterns, and ancient temples.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/freedom-park-will-come-up-in-kittur-fort-says-cm-shivakumar\/article71624274.ece#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Karnataka government has announced a \u20b940 crore Chennamma Freedom Park at Kittur Fort in Belagavi. The proposed project aims to preserve the legacy of Rani Chennamma, who led an armed uprising against British rule in 1824, and promote heritage tourism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":130914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11187],"class_list":["post-130926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-kittur-fort","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130926"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130961,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130926\/revisions\/130961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}