Chitradurga Fort - One that remains etched in history for the heroic tale of the wife of a common soldier in the army of the local ruler Madakari Nayaka - Onake Obavva. 
The valiant woman who single-handedly killed many soldiers of Hyder Ali with just a big pestle as they were trying to crawl out of a secret passage. Her husband was eating his lunch while she was on a killing spree.
She did not call him out because she believed that disturbing him while he was having food was not right. She was ultimately killed before she could get through the entire contingent,
but her efforts ensured that the fort was defended that day and Hyder Ali was defeated by an ordinary soldier's wife who wanted her husband to have lunch in peace. This is one of the heroic tales of Indic resilience from Karnataka.
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