Tamil Nadu Timeline

Poligar Wars

8 events, 1800 to 1959; 2 marked as turning points.

  1. 1800

    1. 1800 to 1801SivagangaConflict

      Second Polygar War

      One year after Kattabomman was executed, a broad coalition of Tamil palayakkarars and their allies revolted against the East India Company.

  2. 1801

    1. 1801TiruchirappalliPolitics

      Jambudweep proclamation of the Maruthu brothers

      The Maruthu brothers issued a proclamation calling on all people of the peninsula, whatever their religion, to fight the British.

    2. May 1801PanchalankurichiConflict

      Fall of Panchalankurichi fort

      After a lengthy siege and heavy shelling, Colonel Agnew's Company troops took the rebuilt fort of Panchalankurichi.

    3. 24 Oct 1801Tiruppathur, SivagangaConflict

      Execution of the Maruthu brothers

      Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu, rulers of Sivaganga and leaders of the 1800-01 rising, were hanged at Tiruppathur fort.

    4. 16 Nov 1801PanchalankurichiConflict

      Execution of Oomaithurai

      Oomaithurai, brother of Kattabomman, was captured and hanged at Panchalankurichi with Sevathaiah, ending the Second Polygar War.

  3. 1803

    1. 1803SivagangaGovernance

      Sivaganga settled on Gowri Vallaba Thevar

      After the Maruthu brothers were executed, Sivaganga was settled in 1803 as a permanent estate on Gowri Vallaba Thevar.

  4. 1805

    1. 1805SankagiriConflict

      Execution of Dheeran Chinnamalai

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

  5. 1959

    1. 16 May 1959ChennaiCinema

      Veerapandiya Kattabomman released

      Sivaji Ganesan's historical film opened in cinemas and went on to earn him Best Actor at Cairo's Afro-Asian Film Festival in 1960.