The Balija Queen of Malnad: Rani Chennammaji, (Hardcover)

<p>In the rain-soaked hill country of Karnataka's Malnad, Keladi Rani Chennammaji faces an imperial demand that would have broken most kingdoms: surrender Rajaram, Chhatrapati Shivaji's son, to Aurangzeb. She refuses-and then defends that refusal, outmanoeuvring invasion and safeguarding her guest's passage. </p><p>Her reign begins in crisis. The kingdom's sovereign, Somashekhara Nayaka I-her husband-suffered a tragic decline and was murdered, triggering intrigue and a scramble for legitimacy that she had to quell before she could govern. </p><p>Drawing on Gazetteer synthesis, primary chronicles, and community memory, The Balija Queen of Malnad follows Chennammaji beyond the famous asylum episode into the harder labor of rule: restoring order, reorganizing military preparedness, managing the temple and treasury, and holding together a coastal-inland political economy where treaties, monopolies, arrears, and cannon belonged to the same calculus.</p><p>K.N. Kumar offers a Balija-centred reading without propaganda-treating identity as capability and asking the sharper question: how did a mid-sized hill kingdom preserve sovereignty, commerce, and continuity when an intrusive empire came calling? </p>

• The Balija Queen of Malnad: Rani Chennammaji, (Hardcover)
• Author: Notion Press
• ISBN: 9798903429301
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-03-10
• Page Count: 130