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Namaskar Bharathwashi. Today it's our turn to know about - Onake Obavva - brave woman who fought the forces of Hyder Ali single-handedly with a pestle (Onake). Her husband was a guard of a watchtower in the rocky fort of Chitradurga. During the reign of Madakari Nayaka, 1/4

the city of Chitradurga was besieged by the troops of Hyder Ali (1754-1779). A chance sighting of a man entering the Chitradurga fort through a hole in the rocks led to a plan by Hyder Ali to send his soldiers through that hole. She noticed the army trying to enter the fort..2/4

through the hole. She used the Onake or pestle (a wooden long club meant for pounding paddy grains) to kill the soldiers one by one by hitting them on the head and then quietly moving the dead without raising the suspicions of the rest of the troops.3/4

Mudda Hanuma, Obavva's husband, returned from lunch, was shocked to see Obavva standing with a blood stained Onake and several of the enemies' dead bodies around her. Later, the same day,she was found dead having been killed by the enemy soldiers.4/4
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