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Aug 14, 2023 7 min

Episode 222

from BHARAT NAMA

The best known opposition to the British in the Tamil region was by the ‘Palayakaarars’ (Poligars in English), who were independent entities protecting the lives and properties of the people in their respective paalayams (regions). They also collected taxes, which the East India Company (EIC) coveted. Thanks to Sivaji Ganesan, the revolt in 1799 by Veera Pandya Kattabomman, Palayakaarar of Panchalankuruchi, and his subsequent hanging are well known in Tamil Nadu. the Times of India

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