Panchalankurichi Fort was a fort once ruled by the

polygar Palaiyakkarars, or Poligar, Palegara (as the British referred to them) in Andhra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu were the holders of a small kingdom as a feudatory to a greater sovereign. Under this system, ''palayam'' was given for valuable military ...

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 ...

. It was located in what is now the

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History

This fort was under the rule of Veerapandiya Kattabomman and was annexed by the British and demolished by Major J. Bannerman. Later Kattabomman was betrayed by

Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman Raja Sri Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman Bahadur (c May 1759 – 1 February 1807) was the ruler of the Pudukkottai kingdom from 30 December 1789 to 1 February 1807. Early life Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman was born in May 1759 to Thirumalai Raya ...

and handed over to the British. He was hanged at

Kayatharu Kayathar / Kayatharu is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Etymology Kayathar / Kayatharu means "bitter river", from ''Aaru'' (Tamil for river) and ''kayarpu/kasappu'' (Tamil for bitter). This name m ...

on 16 October 1799.

Present fort

The present

Panchalankurichi Panchalankurichi is a village, 3 km from Ottapidaram and 21 km from Thoothukudi in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, India. Panchalankurichi was once a Palayam and is best known as the birthplace of Veerapandiya Kattabomman, an 18th ...

Fort is a rebuilt fort left as a memorial of Kattabomman in 1974 by the Government of Tamilnadu.

References

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