Kalakkad is a Panchayat town in Tirunelveli district.The town is centerd on the Sathya Vageeswarar Temple. Kalakkad was a scene of frequent struggles during 1750s ~ but have we ever read anything on this place in our History books ? – in schools ??- there were battles of : Nelkattumseval, Kalakkadu, siege of Srivilliputhur, Tirunelveli, Settur, Vasudevanallur and more ! Indian history was written by the British and distorted by Red orientation.We have read a lot in schools about the Battle of Plassey in which British East India Company scored a decisive victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757. The battle consolidated the Company's presence in Bengal, which later expanded to cover much of India over the next hundred years.The battle took place at Palashi on the banks of the Hooghly River, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad, then capital of Bengal (now in Nadia district in West Bengal). Robert Clive bribed Mir Jafar, the commander in chief of the Nawab's army, and also promised him to make him Nawab of Bengal. He defeated the Nawab at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta. We read in our books ‘the uprising of 1857’ not as a National movement, not as a freedom struggle but as sepoy mutiny, an uprising by a group of soldiers.Perhaps sons of cow belt soil would remember the movie- Mangal Pandey - The Rising (The Rising - Ballad Of Mangal Pandey)and the hero of the movie.Mangal Pandey, the great hero was a Bengali soldier of the 34th Native Infantry.He was arrested, sentenced to jail and a military court sentenced him to death.They set the execution date to April 18th but they killed Mangal Pandey on April 8 because the Britishers didn’t want to wait too long.Mangal Pandey was certainly the man who ignited freedom fighter and became the martyr of the 1st War of Independence. The Doctrine of Lapse, issue of cartridges greased with animal fat to Indian soldiers – most of whom were vegetarians (cartridge wicks had to be plucked out with the teeth before hurling them), introduction of British system of education and a number of social reforms had infuriated a wide section of the Indian population who rose in revolt all over the country. .. .. .. he was not the first man though, and Uprising – the National struggle of 1857 was not the first fight against British East India Company.Down under, we have read about the exploit of Poligars (Nayakars) – the name and exploits became legendary more because of the 1959 tamil film “Veerapandiya Kattabomman”written by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy and directed by B. R. Panthulu. Everybody aspiring to become an actor would try to repeat those immortal dialogues uttered by Sivaji Ganesan.There have been many rulers in this part of land, around the 15th century it was Pandyan dynasty, then Nayakas,as the Vijayanagara Telugus were called. Madura was fortified Nayakas; the constitution of the Polygars, ancestors ofpresent Zemindars of Tinnevelly and Madura, is assigned by tradition to Visvanatha Nayaka, and was by far the most important political event of the time.There were Maravars and Thevars who fought for freedom. On this day 303 years ago (1st Sept 1715) was born “Puli thevar”.Nelkatum Seval was the headquarters of Puli thevar, the first Chieftain in India to resist the British. Nelkatum seval is chiefly memorable as having been in the eighteenth century strong hold of the redoubtable Puli Thevar, who figured for many years as a leader against the troops of the Nawab and the company. “Nelkattum Serval” literally translates to “Rice tribute paying place”, but after its ruler Puli Thevan’s successful attempts, the name changed to nel kattan serval (“place which would not pay rice as tax)
Remembering Puli Thevar's Exploits ... Battle of Kallakkadu !!!
Posted on the 02 September 2018 by Sampathkumar SampathKalakkad is a Panchayat town in Tirunelveli district.The town is centerd on the Sathya Vageeswarar Temple. Kalakkad was a scene of frequent struggles during 1750s ~ but have we ever read anything on this place in our History books ? – in schools ??- there were battles of : Nelkattumseval, Kalakkadu, siege of Srivilliputhur, Tirunelveli, Settur, Vasudevanallur and more ! Indian history was written by the British and distorted by Red orientation.We have read a lot in schools about the Battle of Plassey in which British East India Company scored a decisive victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757. The battle consolidated the Company's presence in Bengal, which later expanded to cover much of India over the next hundred years.The battle took place at Palashi on the banks of the Hooghly River, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad, then capital of Bengal (now in Nadia district in West Bengal). Robert Clive bribed Mir Jafar, the commander in chief of the Nawab's army, and also promised him to make him Nawab of Bengal. He defeated the Nawab at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta. We read in our books ‘the uprising of 1857’ not as a National movement, not as a freedom struggle but as sepoy mutiny, an uprising by a group of soldiers.Perhaps sons of cow belt soil would remember the movie- Mangal Pandey - The Rising (The Rising - Ballad Of Mangal Pandey)and the hero of the movie.Mangal Pandey, the great hero was a Bengali soldier of the 34th Native Infantry.He was arrested, sentenced to jail and a military court sentenced him to death.They set the execution date to April 18th but they killed Mangal Pandey on April 8 because the Britishers didn’t want to wait too long.Mangal Pandey was certainly the man who ignited freedom fighter and became the martyr of the 1st War of Independence. The Doctrine of Lapse, issue of cartridges greased with animal fat to Indian soldiers – most of whom were vegetarians (cartridge wicks had to be plucked out with the teeth before hurling them), introduction of British system of education and a number of social reforms had infuriated a wide section of the Indian population who rose in revolt all over the country. .. .. .. he was not the first man though, and Uprising – the National struggle of 1857 was not the first fight against British East India Company.Down under, we have read about the exploit of Poligars (Nayakars) – the name and exploits became legendary more because of the 1959 tamil film “Veerapandiya Kattabomman”written by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy and directed by B. R. Panthulu. Everybody aspiring to become an actor would try to repeat those immortal dialogues uttered by Sivaji Ganesan.There have been many rulers in this part of land, around the 15th century it was Pandyan dynasty, then Nayakas,as the Vijayanagara Telugus were called. Madura was fortified Nayakas; the constitution of the Polygars, ancestors ofpresent Zemindars of Tinnevelly and Madura, is assigned by tradition to Visvanatha Nayaka, and was by far the most important political event of the time.There were Maravars and Thevars who fought for freedom. On this day 303 years ago (1st Sept 1715) was born “Puli thevar”.Nelkatum Seval was the headquarters of Puli thevar, the first Chieftain in India to resist the British. Nelkatum seval is chiefly memorable as having been in the eighteenth century strong hold of the redoubtable Puli Thevar, who figured for many years as a leader against the troops of the Nawab and the company. “Nelkattum Serval” literally translates to “Rice tribute paying place”, but after its ruler Puli Thevan’s successful attempts, the name changed to nel kattan serval (“place which would not pay rice as tax)