2019-10-16 Wed

The British rule was a dark time for the Indian society. In this era, Indian resources and people were the most exploited. Many brave hearts from India stand up against the enemy, right from the time the British East India Company took over the sovereignty of India. One of these early freedom fighters was Veerapandiya Kattabomman, The legendary chieftain who didn’t bow down to the British.

Born to Jagaveera Kattabomman and Arumugathammal on 3 January 1760, Veerapandiya Kattabomman belonged to the village of Panchalankurichi in Tamil Nadu. He soon became the ruler of Panchalankurichi.

From the beginning, Kattabomman refused to accept the rule of the East India Company. He waged a war with the British six decades before the Indian War of Independence which occurred in 1857. This angered the British. On October 16th, 1799, he was hanged by the British on a tamarind tree at Kayathar village of Tuticorin district in Tamil Nadu.

On October 16, 1999, a postage stamp commemorating the bicentenary of Veerapandiya’s execution was released by the government of India in his remembrance.

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