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Execution of Dheeran Chinnamalai

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Execution of Dheeran Chinnamalai
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Dheeran Chinnamalai, a Kongu chieftain who fought the Company for several years, was hanged at Sankagiri Fort.

Dheeran Chinnamalai was a chieftain of the Odanilai region in present-day western Tamil Nadu. After the deaths of Kattabomman and Tipu Sultan he continued to resist the East India Company, fighting engagements near the Kaveri in 1801, at Odanilai in 1802 and at Arachalur in 1804. His forces were defeated in 1805 and he was captured. He was hanged at Sankagiri Fort in 1805 along with his brothers, and is remembered in the Kongu region as a figure of resistance.

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