Captivity of Kodavas at Seringapatam

The captivity of Kodavas (Coorgis) at Seringapatam was the period of capture, deportation, and imprisonment of Kodava Takk speaking Coorgi Christians who rebelled against Tippu Sultan, the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, they (60,000-70,000) were caught during a number of attempts to suppress their rebellion in the 1780s.

Historians doubt the letter as sixty-thousands to seventy-thousands christians living in Coorgs as genuine before arrival of British missionary to India. ^[1]

The rebels and their families were subjected to forced deportation (forced marches) from Coorg to Seringapatam, some of the rebels were executed. There were atrocities committed against Coorgi captives in the prisons, which included Coorgi women and children who were placed under the hostile men of the Sultan.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} Uncaptured Coorgis who were leaderless rallied around the 24-year-old prince Dodda Vira Rajendra, who had escaped from Tippu's prisons with his family. Coorg under the leadership of Veera Rajendra continued to rebel and fight the forces of Tippu until his death. The forced displacement and mass imprisonment of Coorgis, Mangalorean Christians & a few other communities ended with the Siege of Seringapatam (1799).