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The Amara Sullia Rebellion (also called Kalyanappana Katakayi or Amara Sullya Raitha) was an armed uprising against the British government organized by the people of Arebhashe and Tulunadu that took place in 1837, twenty years before the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. The existing literature - British administrative records and secondary works - reflect two important interpretations concerning the nature of the rebellion of Kalyanswamy. The imperialist writing tried to underestimate the importance of the rebellion, which same of the native writers glorified it. The British administrators like C.R. Cotton, Mark Cubbon, and M. Lewin in their reports deliberately avoided certain facts inconvenient to the administration. Rev. G. Richter introduced caste feelings in the rebellion, when he considered it as a mere "Gauda - Affair". However, the fact remains that the rebellion of Kalyanswamy has become a part of the folklore of the region and has naturally evoked a lot of interest among native writers. Some of them includes T.T. Sharma, D.N. Krishnaiah, M.V. Krishna Rao, G.S. Halappa and Purushothama B. They identify the spirit of freedom in the rebellion and describe it as the first war of independence in the history of South Kanara.