Veerapandiya Kattabomman (Aged 39), born on 3 January 1760 in Panchalankurichi, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, was an 18th-century Tamil Palyakarar and chieftain who 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. He was hanged at Kayathar on 16 October 1799.
Kattabomman belonged to the Vatuka community, a loose term for a group of Telugu-speaking castes that had moved south to settle in the arid Tirunelveli region after the collapse of the Nayaka-controlled Vijayanagara Empire in 1565. They had previously held some prominence in the imperial court and may have been adept at farming in dry conditions, although it is also possible that they had no choice but to settle where they did because the other significant community of Tirunelveli – the Maravars – had already occupied the more favorable areas. Kattabomman was a member of the Rajakambalam Nayakkar caste, with the other two Vadugan communities being the Kammavars and the Reddies.
Veerapandiya Kattabomman
(1760 – 1799) – (Tamilnadu)
Veerapandiya Kattabomman (Aged 39), born on 3 January 1760 in Panchalankurichi, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, was an 18th-century Tamil Palyakarar and chieftain who 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. He was hanged at Kayathar on 16 October 1799.
Kattabomman belonged to the Vatuka community, a loose term for a group of Telugu-speaking castes that had moved south to settle in the arid Tirunelveli region after the collapse of the Nayaka-controlled Vijayanagara Empire in 1565. They had previously held some prominence in the imperial court and may have been adept at farming in dry conditions, although it is also possible that they had no choice but to settle where they did because the other significant community of Tirunelveli – the Maravars – had already occupied the more favorable areas. Kattabomman was a member of the Rajakambalam Nayakkar caste, with the other two Vadugan communities being the Kammavars and the Reddies.
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