Dheeran Chinnamalai

Dheeran Chinnamalai
Statue of Dheeran Chinnamalai at Odanilai
SuccessorBritish Rule
BornTheerthagiri Sarkarai Uthama Kaminda Manradiar
(1756-04-17)17 April 1756
Kangeyam (present day Tamil Nadu)
Died31 July 1805(1805-07-31) (aged 49)
Sankagiri, Madras Presidency (present day Salem district, Tamil Nadu)
Burial03 August 1805
Odanilai, Madras Presidency (present day Erode district, Tamil Nadu)

Dheeran Chinnamalai (17 April 1756 – 3 August 1805) was a chieftain who ruled the odanilai region of the present day western Tamil Nadu. He fought against the British East India Company, was later captured and hanged by the British.

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