PULI THEVAR- who ruled Nerkattumseval, near Tenkasi in southern Tamil Nadu, and who, in 1755, told the East India Company that “not even a grain can be paid as tax”. 
Marudhanayagam-
17th-century warrior who emerged as a commander of sepoys under the British, served as the ‘governor’ of Madurai and even defeated Hyder Ali in a battle. In 1764, he took on the British in a spirited battle and was killed in 1764 after he refused to surrender.
17th-century warrior who emerged as a commander of sepoys under the British, served as the ‘governor’ of Madurai and even defeated Hyder Ali in a battle. In 1764, he took on the British in a spirited battle and was killed in 1764 after he refused to surrender.
KATTABOMMAN-18th-century king of Panchalankurichi in Tamil Nadu, is a household name in the state, someone whose daring resistance to the East India Company is often invoked to arouse Tamil pride. In 1799, Kattabomman was hanged to death for waging a war against the British.
SUNDARALINGAM- captain of kattobomman's army and his cousin VADIVU launched suicide attack on British
Velu Nachiyar,“the first Indian queen who fought the British who mobilised a battalion of women to capture Sivagangai from the British. Kuyili,Velu Nachiyar’s army commander, who set herself ablaze and jumped into the armoury of the EIC & who is often called the “1st woman martyr
Brothers Chinna Marudhu and Periya Marudhu, who faced British cannons with their valaris (a traditional, deadly weapon shaped like a boomerang).
Dheeran Chinnamalai, who was sent to the gallows in 1805, and his captain and spy, Pollan, who was shot dead by the British. “Much before 1857, in 1806, sepoys from Vellore prison had already taught the British
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