1. PULI THEVAR
SAMINATHAN.T
NELKATTANSEVAL

3. 3 January 1730
Born
Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India
the exact date of her death is not
Died known (it was about 1790).
Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India
Name Velu Nachiyar
Occupatio Queen of Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu,
n Circa 1760-1799
Succeedin
British India
g State

4. Maruthu Pandiyar

5. The Marudhu Pandiyar brothers (Periya
Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu) ruled
Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu towards the end
of the 18th century.
The Elder was born on 15.12.1748 in a
small hamlet called Narikkudi near
Aruppukkottai in then Ramnad principal
state (now Virudhunagar district). In
1753 the younger Marudhu Pandiyar was
born in Ramnad.

6. Full name Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja Titles
Kerala Simham, Chandrakula Vira, Shaktan
Rajah, Vira Pazhassi Born January 3, 1753
Birthplace Kannur, Malabar Died November
30, 1805

7. Dheeran Chinnamalai

8. Born: April 17, 1757, Erode
Died: July 31, 1805, Sankari
Dheeran Chinnamalai was a Kongu
chieftain and Palayakkarar from
Tamil Nadu who rose up in revolt
against the British East India
Company in the Kongu Nadu,
Southern India.

9. Veerapandiya Kattabomman

10. Veemaraja Jagaveera
Full name
Pandiya Kattabomman
Born 3 January 1761
Panchalankurichi,Tamil
Birthplace
Nadu
Died 16 October 1799
Place of death Kayathar,Tamil Nadu
Successor British Rule
Father Jagaveera Kattabomman
Mother Arumugathammal

12. Puli
Thevar
(1715 -
1767)

14. Born - -
Puli Thevar was a poligar (or
palayakarar) who ruled Nerkattumseval
situated in the Sankarankoil taluk of
Tamil Nadu.[1] Puli Thevar who belongs
to the warrior Maravar community was
one of the earliest freedom fighters. He
is one of the first Indian kings to have
fought and defeated the British in India.

15. Visuvanatha Nayagar to 1736 )
(1529
King-
Puli Thevar's struggle-quoted
From Caldwell's History of
Tirunelveli
In 1755, Nawab unwisely requested British
help to bring the turbulent Polygars into
control
This part of the story is puzzling indeed.
Kattabomman could have easily paid the sum

16. First Siege of Nelkattumseval,
1755
Heron was forced to
acknowledge that he could not
storm the fort, so he asked that
a paltry sum of 20,000 rupees
be paid, to which Thevar
replied-“My country doesn't
have that much

17. Battle & Siege of Kalakadu, 1755
Mahfuz Khan
Siege of Srivilliputtur, 1756
Battle of Tirunelveli, 1756
Both sides were evenly matched with
20,000 men apiece, but Mahfuz Khan had
superiority in cavalry. On 21 March 1756,
some 40,000 men clashed.
Capture of Tirunelveli, 1756
Siege of Palamkotta, 1756
Battle of Gangai Konda [1756]

18. Stand At Settur & Aftermath,
1759
Puli Thevar camped his enemy-
held surrounding zone. Yusuf
Khan besieged the Settur fort,
whose Polygar troops inside the
Settur fort, only 15 miles from
Srivilliputtur and their joint force
ravaged the lost nerve and
expelled Thevar’s troops, paid a

19. Thevar’s troops re-grouped
and they seized all enemy
outposts from Nelkettumseval
to Tirunelveli and massacred
the garrisons they overran. This
great success elated Thevar
and his confederates and they
attacked and captured the
Uttumalai fort held by a pro-
English Polygar and prepared to

20. Siege of Vasdevanellur, 1759–
1760
last 3–4 weeks
As both sides prepared for the final struggle for
Vasudevanellur, Thevar collected 3000 of his
ablest Maravas and led them in a night march
from Nelkattumseval to Vasudevanellur.
Once he approached Vasudevanellur’s
neighbourhood, Thevar led his troops through
the forest below the fort to avoid detection by
enemy and sprang into a surprise attack on

21. The End
Soon Yusuf Khan received huge
reinforcements and massive quantities of
ammunition.
He decided to conquer Thevar's country inch
by inch. Thevar and his men put up most
valiant resistance but their strongholds fell
one by one and finally Nelkettumseval also fell.
Thevar and men retreated from fort to fort
and once they lost forts they fled in jungle
where they continued fight until 1761.

22. He was made to march to a hill
named Kalugamala [Vulture's
Mountain] to be hanged. It is
reported that he escaped on route.
But it is also said that he requested
his captors to pray in a Parvati
shrine before his execution and he
sang praises in the sanctum
sanctorum of the temple and
suddenly on sound of chains fall,
guards rushed into the sanctum

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