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Veerapandiya Kattabomman
Veerapandiya Kattabomman (Tamil: வீரபாண்டிய கட்டபொம்மன்) also known as Kattabomman or Katta Bommu was an 18th century Indian polygar cheiftan from Panchalankurichi who was one of the earliest to oppose British rule and he waged a war with the British six decades before Sepoy Mutiny which occurred in 1857 in Northern parts of India. After a bloody war with the British he was captured by British and hanged in 1799,and his fort destroyed and his wealth looted by the British army.
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