Did you know? Rani Veli Nachiyar was considered the first woman of Tamil origin to challenge the British Empire and was credited with building the first human bomb and forming an all women’s army in early 1780. #Warrior #History #IncredibleIndia 🇮🇳 🙏🚩
Rani Velu Nachiyar (3 January 1730 – 25 December 1796) was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780–1790. She was the first #Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in #India. She is known by Tamils as Veeramangai “brave woman". 🌺🙏
Velu Nachiyar was the #princess of Ramanathapuram and the only child of King Chellamuthu Vijayaragunatha Sethupathy and Queen. Sakandhimuthathal of the Ramnad kingdom. She was trained in many methods of combat, including war match weapons usage and #martialarts 🚩🙏🌺
She married the king of Sivagangai, with whom she had a daughter. When her husband, Muthuvaduganathaperiya Udaiya Thevar, was killed in a battle with EIC soldiers. She escaped the battlefield with her daughter and formed an Army against the #EastIndiaCompany in 1780
#Queen Velu Nachchiyar on a 2008 stamp of #India 🇮🇳🙏🌺 #Unsung #Warrior #Untold #History
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