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
Occupati Queen of Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu,
on Circa 1760-1799
Succeedi
British India
ng 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
வரபாணடய கடடொபாமமன்
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 1-9-1715
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 (1529 to 1736 )
King-1726
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
demanded by British

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 income.......Besides I know the
value of money well and don't expect
me to burn even a single rupee......”

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 fine and surrendered.

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
capture Palamkotta and Tirunelveli

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 Yusuf Khan’s camp.

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 sanctorum only to
find his chains - He had vanished.

23. நிைனவ
மாளிைக
அவாின் நிைனவாக அவர் வாழ்ந்த இல்லம் தமிழக அரசால்
புதுப்பிக்கப்படடு அவரது நிைனவ மாளிைகயாக
அைமக்கப்படடுள்ளது.
தமிழ்நாடு அரச திருநொநல்ேவலி மாவடடம் சிவகிாி வடடம் பகுதியிலுள்ள
ொநல்கடடுமொசவல் எனும் ஊாில் பூலித்தேதவன் நிைனைவப் ேபாற்றும்
வைகயில் பூலித்தேதவன் நிைனவ மாளிைக, திருநமண மணடபம்
ஆகியைவகைள அைமத்ததுள்ளது. இந்த நிைனவ மாளிைகயின் முகப்பில்
பூலித்தேதவன் முழு அளவ திருநஉருநவச்சிைல அைமக்கப்படடுள்ளது. ேமலும்
இங்கு ஆயிரம் ேபர் அமரக்கூடய அளவில் திருநமண மணடபம்
கடடப்படடுள்ளது. பூலித்தேதவன் காலத்தது நிைனவச் சின்னங்கள் மற்றும்
ஆயுதங்கள் ொபாதுமக்கள் பார்வைவக்கு ைவக்கப்படடுள்ளது.