Oomathurai (real name Kumarasamy Naiyakar), was an Indian Poligar (Palaiyakkarar) from

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

, who fought against the

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in the Polygar Wars. He was the younger brother of

Veerapandiya Kattabomman Veerapandiya Kattabomman was an 18th-century Palayakarrar and king of Panchalankurichi in present-day Tamil Nadu, India. He fought the British East India Company and was captured by the British with the help of the ruler of the kingdom of Pu ...

. Oomathurai was an active participant in the Polygar Wars, and in the first war, he was captured and imprisoned in the Palayamkottai Central Prison. On 2 February 1801, he managed to escape from prison after more than an year's imprisonment and rebuild the Panchalankurichi fort, which had been destroyed in the first war. In the second Polygar war, Oomathurai formed an alliance with the Marudhu brothers of Sivagangai,

Dheeran Chinnamalai Dheeran Chinnamalai (17 April 1756 – 3 August 1805) was a chieftain who ruled the odanilai region of the present day western Tamil Nadu. He fought against the British East India Company, was later captured and hanged by the British. Early l ...

, Kerala Varma of Malabar and other leaders, to resist the British East India Company. The fort was eventually captured by the British after a prolonged siege led by Lt. Colonel Agnew and artillery bombardment in May 1801. Oomathurai managed to escape the fall of the fort and joined the Maruthu brothers in their jungle fort at Kalayar Kovil. Despite their efforts, the British eventually captured Kalayar Kovil in October 1801. Oomathurai and Sevathaiah were captured and hanged at Panchalamkurichi on 16 November 1801.

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