proclaimed Vellachi, daughter of Periya Udaya Tevar and Velu Nachiyar, as the queen of Sivagangai. The Marudus assumed the charge of the ministers. The temple of Kalayarkoil in the heart of the then Sivagangai forest became the rallying point of the rebels. When Umathurai reached Kamudhi after the execution of his brother Veera Pandiya Kattabomman, Chinna Marudu took him to Siruvayal, his capital.
Now, Nawab Mohammad Ali released Muthuramalinga Thevar from jail and enthroned him as the Setupati of Ramanathapuram. But the rebels proclaimed Muthu Karuppa Thevar Marudu Brothers XI History - Lesson - - Early Resistance to British Rule to fight against the Company. Three of his battles are important: the battle on Cauvery banks, the battle in Odanilai and the battle in Arachalur. The last and the final one was in .
During the final battle, Chinnamalai was betrayed by his cook Chinnamalai and was hanged in Sangagiri fort. Vellore Revolt ( ) Vellore Revolt was the culmination of the attempts of the descendents of the dethroned kings and chieftains in south India to throw of the yoke of the British rule. After the suppression of revolt of Marudu brothers, they made Vellore the centre of their activity. The organizers of an Anti-British Confederacy continued their secret moves, as a result of which no fewer than , loyalists of Mysore sultans had settled either in the town of Vellore or in its vicinity.
The garrison of Vellore itself consisted of many aggrieved persons, who had been reduced to dire straits as a sequel to loss of positions or whose properties had been confiscated or whose relatives were slain by the English. Thus the Vellore Fort became the meeting ground of the rebel forces of south India. The sepoys and the migrants to Vellore held frequent deliberations, attended by the representatives of the sons of Tipu. Immediate Cause In the meantime, the English enforced certain innovations in the administration of the sepoy establishments.
They prohibited all markings on the forehead which were intended to denote caste and religious, and directed the sepoys to