Dheeran Chinnamalai
Dheeran Chinnamalai was a Palayakkarar and chieftain who ruled the Kongu Nadu region of the present day western Tamil Nadu. He fought against the British East India Company, was later captured and hanged by the British.
17 April 1756
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