Person · palayakkarar rebel chiefs
Marudu brothers
Also known as Marudu Pandiyar
The Marudu Pandiyar brothers — Periya Marudu (1748-1801) and Chinna Marudu (1753-1801) — the Sivagangai palayakkarar brothers who led the 1801 Second South Indian Palayakkarar Wars (South Indian Rebellion of 1801) against the British East India Company. Based at Sivagangai Fort in Ramanathapuram, they signed the June 1801 Tiruchi Proclamation — one of the first anti-colonial declarations in India calling for armed uprising across the Madras Presidency. Allied with Dheeran Chinnamalai and Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja, their 1801 campaign across Ramanathapuram, Tirunelveli and Dindigul was crushed by Agnew's British forces. Both were publicly hanged at Thirupathur on 24 October 1801.
- Date
- 1748–1801
- Function
- Social reform & movement
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Connections (1)
- AnalogueVeerapandiya Kattabomman
Veerapandiya Kattabomman and the Marudu Pandiyar brothers both led the South Indian Palayakkarar Wars (1795-1801) against the British East India Company. Kattabomman's execution at Kayathar on 16 October 1799 was explicitly used by the British to warn the Marudu Pandiyars not to continue resistance; the Marudus responded with the June 1801 Tiruchi Proclamation that extended the Palayakkarar struggle for another two years before being crushed in October 1801.
Sources
Standard biography; regional historiography.
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