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Velu Nachiyar

1730 - 1796

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"Veeramangai" 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 proudly called by Tamils as Veeramangai ("brave woman"). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Velu Nachiyar is the 9,306th most popular politician (down from 7,764th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from India (down from 257th in 2019) and the 113th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Velu Nachiyar ranks 9,306 out of 19,576Before her are Émile Ollivier, Vitale II Michiel, Shulamit Aloni, William II, Duke of Apulia, George II of Bulgaria, and Nicolás Bravo. After her are Shapur IV, Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza, Rosen Plevneliev, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, Nan Geng, and Josefa Iloilo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, Velu Nachiyar ranks 19Before her are James Bruce, Otto Friedrich Müller, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Antonio Sacchini, Motoori Norinaga, and Augustin Pajou. After her are William Hamilton, Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Johann Hedwig, William Hudson, Koca Yusuf Pasha, and Sophie von La Roche. Among people deceased in 1796, Velu Nachiyar ranks 18Before her are Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Johann Daniel Titius, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Shahrokh Shah, Franz Anton Maulbertsch, and François de Charette. After her are Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, William Chambers, Philip Carteret, François Séverin Marceau, and Juan José Elhuyar.

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In India

Among people born in India, Velu Nachiyar ranks 336 out of 1,861Before her are Udham Singh (1899), Tilopa (928), Saint Alphonsa (1910), Pulakeshin II (610), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), and K. B. Hedgewar (1889). After her are Kalpana Chawla (1961), Asima Chatterjee (1917), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Amrapali (-450), Sikandar Jah (1768), and Lindsay Anderson (1923).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Velu Nachiyar ranks 113Before her are Gupta (240), Phoolan Devi (1963), Bahadur Shah I (1643), Nizamuddin Auliya (1238), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), and K. B. Hedgewar (1889). After her are Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Amrapali (-450), Sikandar Jah (1768), Girija Prasad Koirala (1924), Rani Durgavati (1524), and Pinarayi Vijayan (1945).