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Examine the anti-colonial resistance and poligar rebellions in eighteenth-century Tamil Nadu: 1. Puli Thevar of Nerkkatumseval organized a confederacy of local chieftains and successfully resisted East India Company forces under Colonel Heron in the mid-eighteenth century. 2. Veerapandiya Kattabomman governed Panchalankurichi and refused to pay land revenue tributes to the British, ultimately facing execution at Kayathar in 1799. 3. The East India Company negotiated a peaceful permanent treaty with the poligars without resorting to military force. Which of the statements given above are correct?

A. 1 and 2 only✓ Correct Answer

B. 2 and 3 only

C. 1 and 3 only

D. 1, 2 and 3

💡 Solution & Explanation

Statements one and two are correct because Puli Thevar and Veerapandiya Kattabomman spearheaded fierce armed resistance against British colonial encroachment and revenue extraction in southern Tamil Nadu. Statement three is false because the Company launched aggressive military campaigns, dismantled poligar fortresses, and executed leaders like Kattabomman and Marudu Pandiyar to establish absolute sovereign authority. The Carnatic Treaties subsequently integrated the region under direct British administration.

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