Before Sepoy Mutiny, the palegars of Chitradurga attempted a rebellion against the British
Author B.L. Venu with a copy of his novel Durgada Bedardangebased on the attempted rebellion by palegars against the British in Chitradurga in 1849. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The story of seven chieftains (palegars), who attempted a rebellion against the British rule in Chitradurga, eight years before the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny, is one of…