Kingdom of Coorg
Kingdom of Coorg Kodagu | |||||||||
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| 16th century C.E.–1834 | |||||||||
Kingdom of Coorg | |||||||||
| Status | Independent Kingdom (1500s-1780) Subordinate to Kingdom of Mysore (1780-1788) Princely state under the suzerainty of the British Crown (1790-1834) | ||||||||
| Capital | Madikeri | ||||||||
| Common languages | Kannada, Kodava, Arebhashe | ||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Maharaja | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 16th century C.E. | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1834 | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Coorg (or Kingdom of Kodagu) was an independent kingdom that existed in India from the 16th century until 1834. It was ruled by a branch of the Ikkeri Nayaka. From 1780 to 1788, the kingdom was occupied by neighbouring Mysore but the Rajah of Coorg was restored by the British and became a protectorate of the British East India Company on 26 October 1790. In 1834, the then Raja of Coorg rebelled against British authority, sparking the Coorg War. The brief conflict resulted in the British annexing the kingdom in the same year, with the region then becoming Coorg Province, a province of British India.