{"id":4429,"date":"2026-01-04T11:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:17:12","slug":"rani-velu-nachiyar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/rani-velu-nachiyar\/","title":{"rendered":"Rani Velu Nachiyar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Rani Velu Nachiyar Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister of India paid tributes to Rani Velu Nachiyar on her birth anniversary.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Rani Velu Nachiyar<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rani Velu Nachiyar (1730\u20131796) was an 18th-century <\/span><b>queen of Sivaganga<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in present-day Tamil Nadu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was the <\/span><b>princess of Ramanathapuram<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the only child of <\/span><b>Raja Chellamuthu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> vijayaragunatha Sethupathy and Rani Sakandhimuthal of the Ramnad kingdom.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the age of 16, she married the <\/span><b>prince of Sivaganga<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Muthuvadugananthur Udaiyathevar.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is also known as <\/span><b>Veeramangai.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Skills:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> She was trained in handling various weapons, horse riding, archery, and traditional martial <\/span><b>arts such as Silambam and Valari.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was also a distinguished scholar. She was proficient in <\/span><b>multiple languages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including Tamil, English, French, and Urdu.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strategic Alliances:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Velu Nachiyar forged strategic alliances with several powerful leaders of the time, including Hyder Ali of Mysore and Gopala Nayaker.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She raised a <\/span><b>formidable army<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that included a <\/span><b>dedicated women\u2019s battalion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the queen named her <\/span><b>women\u2019s army \u201cUdaiyaal\u201d in<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> her adopted daughter\u2019s honour.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her army <\/span><b>commander Kuyili<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, participated is considered the \u201cfirst woman martyr\u201d and the first suicide bomber in Indian history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was the first queen to fight for freedom from the British in India. She granted powers to the <\/span><b>Marudu brothers to administer the country in 1780<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/her-sacrifice-and-visionary-leadership-will-keep-motivating-generations-pm-modi-pays-tribute-to-rani-velu-nachiyar-on-her-birth-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rani Velu Nachiyar, also known as Veeramangai, was an 18th-century queen of Sivaganga and a pioneering woman ruler in Tamil history. 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