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Veerapandiya KattabommanWho Would Not Pay Tribute

The Poligar of Panchalankurichi refused tribute to the Company, fought its troops in 1799 and was hanged at Kayathar on 16 October 1799.

1760–1799 CE

The full life
1Became chief of Panchalankurichi in 1790.Veerapandiya Kattabomman · The people
2Clashed with Collector Jackson at Ramanathapuram in 1798.Veerapandiya Kattabomman · The British
3Panchalankurichi was stormed in September 1799.Veerapandiya Kattabomman · The British
4Hanged at Kayathar on 16 October 1799.Veerapandiya Kattabomman
5The Tamil Nadu government rebuilt a fort memorial at Panchalankurichi in 1974.Veerapandiya Kattabomman

Sources for these facts

  • Tinnevelly District Gazetteer (H. R. Pate, 1917)
  • Bannerman’s report to the Madras government, 1799
  • S. Rajayyan, The South Indian Rebellion 1800–1801 (1971)

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