Who revealed thr secrets of the panchalam kurichi fort to the british?
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Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman - a ruler of the kingdom of pudukottai, who helped the British capture the chieftain Veerapandiya Kattabomman from panchamkuruchi in Tamil Nadu.India for having rejected to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waging war against them, as a result he was hanged at Kayathar in 1799.
Panchalankurichi is a village surrounded 3 km from Ottapidaram and 18 km from Thoothukudi in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Panchalankurichi fort was under the rule of Veerapandiya Kattabomman. It was annexed by the British empire and destroyed by Major J. Bannerman.
Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman betrayed Veerapandiya Kattabommanand and gave all the details to the Britishers. He played a pivotal role in Polygar Wars that lead to arrest of Veerapandiya Kattabomman and his brother Oomaithurai by the Britishers . When truth was revealed, he was hanged at Kayatharu on 16 October 1799.