Rani Abbakka Abbakka, queen of Ullal, a small principality (in

Abbakka, queen of Ullal, a small principality (in what is now South Karnataka), had made a pledge to her dying mother that she would avenge her defeat and humiliation at the hands of the Portuguese.

Defying her overcautious husband, the king of Bangadi and the underconfident nobles in her court, Rani Abbakka rallied her army to challenge the might of the Portuguese and wrest freedom for Ullal and later even for Mangalore.