Veeran Sundaralingam

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Sundharalinga Kudumbanar
SuccessorBritish Rule
Died1799
FatherPandiyan Kattana Karuppanan
ReligionHinduism

Sundaralinga Kudumbanar (died 1799), also known as "Veeran" Sundaralingam Kudumbanar, was an 18th-century CE general from Tamil Nadu, India.

Fight against British[edit]

He was a general of the Poligar Veerapandiya Kattabomman in their fight against the British East India Company. According to a majority of the accepted historical accounts,[citation needed] he was killed in 1799, while fighting for Kattabomman during the First Polygar War. Another view is that he was killed in the Second Polygar War (1800-1) while assisting Kattabomman's younger brother Oomaithurai.[citation needed]

Legacy[edit]

In 2009, the Tamil Nadu government-issued a policy note to build a memorial for Sundaralingam at Governagiri.[1][2][3][4][5] He belonged to the Devendrakula Velalar, an agricultural community found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Fear, hatred haunts violence-hit southern districts of TN". Rediff. 30 June 1997. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  2. "Tamil Nadu Budget Speech 2010" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  3. "பூலித்தேவன்: அண்ணன் மு.க....தொடர்ச்சி". Sify. 26 November 2007. p. 3.
  4. Smita Narula (1999). Broken people: caste violence against India's "untouchables". Human Rights Watch. p. 84. ISBN 9781564322289.
  5. "Policy note on Information and Publicity" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. "Lok Sabha passes bill to place seven castes under Devendrakula Velalars in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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