{"id":15392,"date":"2022-04-30T07:02:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T07:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=15392"},"modified":"2022-04-30T07:15:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T07:15:51","slug":"massacre-of-kodavas-at-madikeri-fort-1807-1808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/massacre-of-kodavas-at-madikeri-fort-1807-1808\/","title":{"rendered":"Massacre of Kodavas at Madikeri Fort 1807-1808"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many incidents of<a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/atrocities-on-kodavas-across-centuries\/\">&nbsp; Atrocities on Kodava<\/a>s are found and documented across centuries in Kodagu&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Author&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h4>Name :Darshan Devaiah Kaiblira (Nelji)<\/h4>\n<h4>email : darshandevaiah87@gmail.com<\/h4>\n<h3>Massacre of Kodavas at Madikeri Fort 1807-1808<\/h3>\n<p>Though Dodda-Virarajendra was instrumental in organizing Kodava army to defeat Tipu Sultan and drive out Muslim settlers (whom Tipu had brought to the depopulated Kodag after Devaatparamb massacre 1785).<br \/>\nBut, the ending days of Dodda-Virarajendra&#8217;s rule was more brutal towards Kodavas than one can imagine.<br \/>\nAfter the death of his wife Mahadevarani , his hopes of having a male child was buried. He became mentally unstable suspecting that Kodava officers would take his throne after his death.<br \/>\nG Richter writes &#8221; He had killed hundreds of his own people on some idle suspicion or malicious denunciation , or on the mere impulse of a sudden gust of passion &#8221; .<br \/>\nHe had surrounded himself with African (Siddi) bodyguards and eunuchs from Mysore had charge of his Harem. But, the guards of the palace and all the military officers were Kodavas.<br \/>\nNo longer able to bear the iron yoke , Kodavas planned to kill Dodda-Virarajendra. The day and the hour was fixed. All the Kodava guards , who held the gates of the Madikeri Fort and the entraces of the palace, being of one accord , Dodda-Virarajendra&#8217;s destruction was certain. But, a few minutes before the signal was given, the secret was leaked to Dodda-Virarajendra. With great presence of mind he imitated Hyder Ali , who had similar circumstances gained time ,by placing a bundle of clothes on his bed covered with a blanket. The Kodavas rushed in and cut the form , which they mistook for the sleeping Dodda-Virarajendra.<br \/>\nDodda-Virarajendra in mean time had run out and summoned his African Siddis. The Madikeri Fort gates were shut . Some 300 Kodavas had assembled in the palace yard . The African Siddis received orders to cut down every Kodava. Dodda-Virarajendra himself took his post at a window and fired upon Kodavas. They allowed themselves to be slaughtered like Sheep . Dodda-Virarajendra boasted of having shot 25 Kodavas. The rest of the Kodavas fell under the swords of African Siddis , who waded ankle deep in blood. It is said, that the blood of Kodavas ran out of the palace yard as the rain in a heavy monsoon day.<br \/>\nLater Dodda-Virarajendra destroyed many clans of fallen Kodavas , ordering men to be killed and distributing the Kodavathi women among the slaves of the Madikeri Fort . This massacre of Kodavas took place in the end of 1807 or early in 1808 .<br \/>\nAfter this incident, it is said that deep melancholy settled upon Dodda-Virarajendra , he used to get dreams of Kodava rebellion. He started killing and tearing whatever objects first met his fury.<br \/>\nDuring the year 1808 fits of madness seized the Dodda-Virarajendra. His madness rarely passed without some victims of his uncontrollable fury , falling by his bullet or under the knives of his African Siddi executioners.<br \/>\nDoctor Ingledew , who was sent early in 1809 to Madikeri by Mr Cole (the Resident in Mysore), to attend Dodda-Virarajendra&#8217;s mental health , heard that several thousands of Kodavas were being killed .<br \/>\nTowards end of February 1809 , Dodda-Virarajendra under his unstable mental state ordered assassination of his 4 principal Kodava officers.<br \/>\nNext day , he himself was shocked to know that his officers were dead and he ordered it. He bit his arm , that the blood gushed out . He tried slitting his own throat . On 9th of June 1809 Dodda-Virarajendra died of serious illness.<\/p>\n<h3>Books referred<\/h3>\n<p>Gazetteer of Coorg and Pattolepalame .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many incidents of&nbsp; Atrocities on Kodavas are found and documented across centuries in Kodagu&nbsp; Author&nbsp; Name :Darshan Devaiah Kaiblira (Nelji) email : darshandevaiah87@gmail.com Massacre of Kodavas at Madikeri Fort 1807-1808 Though Dodda-Virarajendra was instrumental in&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/massacre-of-kodavas-at-madikeri-fort-1807-1808\/\" class=\"blink\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-kodava","category-statistics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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