Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetVeerapandiya Kattabomman
Indian activist
Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1760
Place of Birth: Panchalankurichi, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Death: 16-Oct-1799
Profession: revolutionary
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Veerapandiya Kattabomman
- Veerapandiya Kattabomman (a.k.a.Veerapandya Katta bomman ) was an 18th-century Palayakarrar and chieftain from Panchalankurichi in Tamil Nadu, India.
- He refused to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waged a war against them.
- He was captured by the British with the help of the ruler of the Kingdom of Pudukottai, Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman, and was hanged at Kayathar on 16 October 1799.He was a muthuraja naidu (northerner), a loose term for a group of Tamil-speaking castes which includes families who claim to have moved south to settle in the arid Tirunelveli region after the collapse of the Nayak-controlled Vijayanagara Empire in 1565.
- .The Tamil language film Veerapandiya Kattabomman, starring Sivaji Ganesan, is based on his life.
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