Velu Nachiyar
(1760-1799)
Queen of Sivagangai
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Rani Velu Nachiyar (3 January 1730 – 25 December 1796) was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780–1790. She was the first Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in India. She is known by Tamils as Veeramangai ("brave woman"). With the support of Hyder Ali's army, feudal lords, the Maruthu Brothers, Dalit commanders, and Thandavarayan Pillai, she fought the East India company.
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1760 Ramanathapuram, Kingdom of Sivaganga (Modern day Tamil Nadu, India)
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1799 (aged 38) Sivaganga, Kingdom of Sivaganga (Modern day Tamil Nadu, India)
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