Chitra Katha

Rani Velu NachiyarVeeramangai of Sivaganga

In 1780, eight years after her husband was killed, she marched back with her own army and Hyder Ali’s help and retook Sivaganga from the Nawab and the Company.

1730–1796 CE

The full life

1Daughter of the Sethupathi king of Ramanathapuram.The Sethupathi king · Velu Nachiyar

2Her husband Muthu Vaduganatha Thevar fell at Kalaiyar Kovil in 1772.Velu Nachiyar

3Retook Sivaganga in 1780 with the Marudhu brothers.Velu Nachiyar · The Marudhu brothers · The British

4India Post issued a stamp in her honour in 2008.Velu Nachiyar

5Took refuge at Virupachi near Dindigul from 1772 to 1780.Velu Nachiyar · The people

Sources for these facts

Madras District Gazetteers: Madura and Ramnad
S. Kadhirvel, A History of the Maravas 1700–1802 (1977)

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