Veeran Sundaralingam

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

Sundharalinga Kudumbanar
SuccessorBritish Rule
Died1799
FatherPandiyan Kattana Karuppanan
ReligionHinduism

Fight against British

He was a general of the Poligar Veerapandiya Kattabomman in his fight against the British East India Company. According to a majority of the accepted historical accounts, 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.

Legacy

In 2009, the Tamil Nadu government-issued a policy note to build a memorial for Sundaralingam at Governagiri.[1][2][3][4][5] He belongs to Pallar caste belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes [6]

See also

References
  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. "Veeran Sundaralingam Paperback – 1, by Ronald Cohn Jesse Russell". Amazon. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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