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| Sundaralinga Kudumbanar | |
|---|---|
| Successor | British Rule |
| Died | 1799 |
| Father | Pandiyan Kattana Karuppanan Kudumbanar |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Sundaralinga Kudumbanar (died 1799), also known as "Veeran" Sundaralingam Kudumbanar, was an 18th-century CE general from Tamil Nadu, India. [1] [2]
He was a general of the Poligar Veerapandiya Kattabomman in their fight against the British East India Company. [3] .According to a majority of the accepted historical accounts, he was killed in 1799, while fighting for Kattabomman during the First Polygar War. [4] Another view is that he was killed in the Second Polygar War (1800-1) while assisting Kattabomman's younger brother Oomaithurai. [5] [6]
In 2009, the Tamil Nadu government-issued a policy note to build a memorial for Sundaralingam at Governagiri. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] He belonged to the Devendrakula Velalar, an agricultural community found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [12]
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