Shivappa Nayaka

Shivappa Nayaka
Statue of Keladi Shivappa Nayaka at Shivamogga
Reign1645–1660
PredecessorVirabhadra Nayaka
SuccessorChikka Venkatappa Nayaka
Died25 September 1660
ReligionHinduism

Shivappa Nayaka (Kannada: ಶಿವಪ್ಪ ನಾಯಕ, 1618 – 25 September 1660), popularly known as Keladi Shivappa Nayaka, was an Indian king and ruler of the Keladi Nayaka Kingdom. The Keladi Nayakas were successors of the Vijayanagara Empire in the coastal and Malnad (hill) districts of Karnataka, India, in the late 16th century. He was known as Sistina Shivappa Nayaka because he introduced a tax system called Sist.

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