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Write briefly about Vira Pandiya Kattabomman.


Vira Pandiya Kattobomman was a Polygar and succeeded his father, Jagavira Pandya Kattabomann. They were Polygars under the Nayakas, that is, a governor appointed by the Nayaka rulers of South India to govern the given territory in Tamil Nadu.

He waged war against the British East India Company. The war between the Kattaboman and British is also known as first Polygar War. The British army and Kattobomman met to discuss the pending taxes, but the meeting ended with a bloody encounter. At Kallarpatti the Polygar ‘s army was defeated. Kattobomman and his brother escaped to Pudukottai, but the Raja of Puddukottai handed them over the British. Kattobomman was hanged at Kayatharu.


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