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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman II<br />
| succession = Raja of Pudukkottai<br />
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| reign = 1 February 1807 – 4 June 1825<br />
| coronation = 1 February 1807<br />
| predecessor = [[Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman]]<br />
| successor = [[Raghunatha Tondaiman II]]<br />
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| royal house = Pudukkottai<br />
| father = Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman<br />
| mother = Rani Ayi Ammani Ayi Sahib<br />
| birth_date = c 1797<br />
| birth_place = [[Pudukkottai]], [[Pudukkottai state]]<br />
| death_date = 4 June 1825 (age 28)<br />
| death_place = Pudukkottai<br />
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'''Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman''' (c 1797 - 4 June 1825) was the ruler of the [[Pudukkottai state|princely state of Pudukkottai]] from 1 February 1807 to 4 June 1825.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman was born in 1797 to [[Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman]], Raja of Pudukkottai, and his second wife, Rani Ayi Ammani Ayi Sahib Avargal in [[Pudukkottai]] and was educated by a private tutor.{{cn|date=June 2020}} He was the elder of two sons of Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman who survived him.{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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== Reign ==<br />
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Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman ascended the throne on 1 February 1807 on the death of his father, [[Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman]]. The administration as in the hands of a Council of Superintendence headed by the Resident of Tanjore, William Blackburn till 1817, when Vijaya Raghunatha Raya attained majority.<ref name="encyclopaediap222">{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh|volume=100|first=S. S.|last=Shashi|isbn=978-81-7041-859-7|publisher=Anmol Publications|year=2003}}</ref><br />
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William Blackburn completely rebuilt the city with wider roads, tiled houses and public buildings.<ref name="encyclopaediap222" /> A new palace was constructed for the Raja in 1825.<ref name="buttwerworthp156">{{cite book|title=The southlands of Siva: some reminiscences of life in southern India|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61994|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61994/page/n162 156]|year=1923|first=A.|last=Butterworth|publisher=John Lane|place=London}}</ref> Blackburn introduced Marathi as the language of administration and it remained the official language of Pudukkottai state for seventy-five years.<ref name="encyclopaediap222" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman died of a mysterious illness on 4 June 1825. He was succeeded by his brother, [[Raghunatha Tondaiman II]].{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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In 1812, Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman married a daughter of M.R.Ry. Sri Singappuli Aiyar.{{cn|date=June 2020}} He also married a second time, to a daughter of Thirumalai Panrikondran.{{cn|date=June 2020}} Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman had one son and one daughter.{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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* Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman (died 23 December 1823)<br />
* Rajkumari Rajammani Bayi Sahib<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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[[Category:1797 births]]<br />
[[Category:1825 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu monarchs]]<br />
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