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Yalya

(★ – 1858) – (Karnataka)

Yalya was from the village of Hammigi in the Mundargi taluka of Gadag district, Karnataka, India. He participated in the 1857-58 Uprising against the British led by Bhjimarao of Mundargi. Yalya was captured by the British, tried by Court Martial, and sentenced to be blown away with a cannon. His sentence was carried out in 1858.