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{{Infobox monarch<br />
| name = Puli Thevar<br />
| title = [[Palaiyakkarar]] of [[Nerkattumseval]]<br />
| image = [[File:Puli Thevar Statue in his Nerkattumseval Palace 2013-08-12 06-35.jpeg|200px]]<br />
| caption = Puli Thevar Statue in his Nerkattumseval Palace<br />
| reign = 1 September 1715 – 16 October 1767<br />
| father = Chitraputra Thevan<br />
| mother = Sivagnanam Nachiyar<br />
| spouse = Kayalkani Nachiyar<br />
| birth_date = 1 September 1715<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UvMsAQAAIAAJ&q=Alagapuri|title=The History of the Madras police: centenary 1859-1959|last=Dept|first=Madras (India : State) Police|date=1959|publisher=Inspector General of Police|pages=213|language=en}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Nerkattumseval]], [[Madurai Nayak dynasty|Madurai Nayak kingdom]] (Modern Day [[Tenkasi]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])<br />
| death_date = c. 1767<br />
| death_place = [[Tenkasi]], [[Carnatic Sultanate|Arcot]] (Modern Day [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])<br />
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'''Puli Thevar''' was a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] <br />
[[ Polygar]] who ruled [[Nerkattumseval]], situated in the [[Sankarankoil taluk]], [[Tirunelveli]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbR_LLkqdI8C&q=Puli%2520Thevan&pg=PA211 |title=Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India |last=Muthiah |first=S. |date=2008 |publisher=Palaniappan Brothers |isbn=9788183794688 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i81mLhBEBgQC&q=Puli%2520Thevan&pg=PA12 |title=The South Indian Rebellions: Before and After 1800 |last=Session |first=South Indian History Congress |date=2007 |publisher=Palaniappa Brothers |isbn=9788183795005 |language=en}}</ref> He is notable fighting against [[East India Company]] at 1757 in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdG1AAAAIAAJ&q=puli+thevan|title=V. O. Chidambaram Pillai|last=Patmanāpan̲|first=Rā A.|date=1977|publisher=National Book Trust, India|pages=12|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_jrjAAAAMAAJ&q=Puli+Thevan|title=The Indian Review|last=Natesan|first=G. A.|date=1959|publisher=G.A. Natesan & Company|pages=287|language=en}}</ref> Ondiveeran and Venni Kaladi were the generals of Thevar's army, and he was the first Indian to fight against the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramachandran |title=Puli Thevar – Colors of Glory |url=http://www.coloursofglory.org/puli-thevar/ |website=colorsofglory.org |access-date=12 May 2021}}</ref> He is known for the Polygars revolt against the British. He maintained a good relationship with the [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]] but later the allegiance was broken by one Yusuf Khan.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Maruthu Pandiyar]]<br />
*[[Rani Velu Nachiar]]<br />
*[[Periya Kaladi]]<br />
*[[Ondiveeran]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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