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- The Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Rani Velu Nachiyar on her birth anniversary.
About Rani Velu Nachiyar
- She was the first queen to fight against the British colonial power in India.
- She is known by Tamils as Veeramangai.
- Early Life: She was the princess of Ramanathapuram and the only child of Raja Chellamuthu Vijayaragunatha Sethupathy and Rani Sakandhimuthal of the Ramnad kingdom.
- Skills Acquired: She was trained in war to match weapons usage, martial arts like Valari, Silambam (fighting using a stick), horse riding, and archery.
- She was a scholar in many languages and she had proficiency with languages like French, English and Urdu.
- Marriage: She married the king of Sivagangai, with whom she had a daughter.
- Succession: She succeeded her husband in 1780 and
- She granted powers to the Marudu brothers to administer the country in 1780.
- She died a few years later,on 25 December 1796.
Source:PIB
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