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Kattabomman (a.k.a.ketti bommulu)[1][2][3] was an 18th-century Telugu Palayakarrar and chieftain from Panchalankurichi in Tamil Nadu, India. He refused to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waged a war against them. He was captured by the British with the help of the ruler of the kingdom of Pudukottai, Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman, and was hanged at Kayathar on 16 October 1799.[4]
There are various traditional stories developed by the dravidian leaders about Kattabomman that tend to over-glorify him and his petty kingdom. He was a Vatuka (northerner), a loose term for a group of Telugu-speaking castes which includes families who claim to have moved south to settle in the arid Tirunelveli region after the collapse of the Nayak-controlled Vijayanagara Empire in 1565. They had previously had some prominence in the imperial court and may have been adept at farming in dry conditions, although it is also possible that they had no choice but to settle where they did because the other significant community of Tirunelveli – the Maravars – had already occupied the more favourable areas. Kattabomman was a member of the Kambalatar caste, with the other two Vatuka communities being the Kammavars and the Reddies.[5]
The Tamil language film Veerapandiya Kattabomman, starring Sivaji Ganesan, is based on his life.[6] Though he was called as veerapandiya in movie, he did not belongs to legendary pandya Tamil kings, his original name is ketti bommulu as he is of telugu ascent
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