abhivencat

British India
hi all once again I am right and wrong on the kohinoor and take it upon myself to state the actual circumstances I had always assumed it was a gift which is still one accepted version the british use in not returning it.but dalhousies personal p…

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British India
they took our kohinoor right but did you know it was "gifted willingly" to the british (by a king who had converted to christianity) hey we are coming across too many of these guys. and anyway I think kohinoor exited india before briti…

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British Rule
Hi all there are 2 stages in british rule pre 1857 and post 1857 east india company and pax brittanica east india company was often led by free booters who did what pleased them the take over by the royal family did wonders for us. even if gandhi…

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north south cribbing
-Dear Sri and Kns got them right next I am posting a kalki quiz since I want more people to answer I need the answers to come to my mail directly.posting answers in the group might deter others answers will be posted in a week.

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Converts to Islam
hear hear well said arun this is a hatred psychosis imposed on us by our politicians. hatred towards the brits were the unifying force for the freedom movement. we are still paying for the " indian rule" from 1800 till 1947.and lets r…

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Converts to Islam
kattabomman was hanged in 1799/ 1801 maruthu pandyar in 1801 or something. except for vellore the entire tamil region must have been quiet during the mutiny. but dont worry about documentation. when did mangal pandey movie come? when did kattabo…

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arcot
Hi sundar most welcome 2 infos when arcot nawab met the king of saudi arabia in delhi recently he mentioned this( was reported in press) the king was might impressed. 2 . arcot royal family hada chathiram sort of place overlooking the main mos…

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ettayapuram
-hI you will have to remember that only pudukottai was recognized as a king. every body else including ramnad, sivaganga are only zamins. tanjore lost its right to royalty much earlier (the last one is a juicy story- on how a christian tution mas…

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ettayapuram
sponsorships and art ariyakudi ramanujam aiyangar was one sponsered by the devakottai jamin and sps member uma just saw the kambar smadhi in naattarasan kottai and returned. that soil breeds ilakkiyam i guess. so one more sample for your colle…

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ettayapuram
my family is closely linked with the rajah of ramnad family the present rajah is a nephew of the previous rajah. "castes and colonialism is south india" writes about how bhaskara sethupathi of ramnad died an indebted man at the age of 3…

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ettayapuram
ettayapuram zamindars along with pudukottai raja were always viewed as traitors. but because of bharathi sps views it as a place of patriotism. i remmeber in some kavi arangam "bharathi was ettayapuram's prayachitham" venketesh

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ettayapuram
-zamins were great supporters of culture and religion ramnad zamin sent vivekanadar to usa for congress of religions. MS was supported by the zamins of sivakangai and devakottai even today in devakottai during the kandashasti festival ( started …

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maruthu pandyas
-if you need a juicy story with a suspense, talk to madam seethalakshmi now we will all forget about the palayakarars and concentrate on finding the identity of the film artiste who married the zamindar. we actually the ex royalty had a craze on m…

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maruthu pandyas
Hi Venkateswaran Kasirajan theres something about that in the history of kattabommu dynasty. ever since the khilji invasion the pandyas moved south. something like Tenkasi some small dynasties survived but by british times most poligar (palayakaa…

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maruthu pandyas
hi arun http://www.sivaganga.tn.nic.in/maruthu.htm is one nice link

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maruthu pandyas
Maruthu Pandyar's Rebellion against the British Maruthupandyar (Maruthu Pandyar) ruled Sivagangai during the last part of the 18-th century. He became the ruler of Sivagangai which was paying tribute to the British. He continued to pay tribu…

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Maruthunayagam or Maduranayagam..
yusuf khan alias khan sahib was the man who was the nawabs agent in madurai. on the british and the nawab not renewing his lease he reblled and was killed by them the remarkable thing about him was that he resisted for a time which was much beyon…

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Two links
Oh thats good being an expert in two things is fantastic but then a man who digs up cave men and iron men sites, reads and deciphers epigraphy to that extent must be called an archeologist I guess. ...even if he doesnt earn his bread out of it.

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Mudumakkal Thaazhi
recently in thirukadaiyur temple near mayavaram a muthumakkal thaali was found right within the temple compound. dead and soon to die were normally put in and buried I used to hear. we have one very close to poondi lake, including caves and painti…

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Two links
try this link http://www.cmi.ac.in/gift/Tamil/tami_tambaram_moved to% 20archeaology.htm or type siromoney gift tambaram as search words can find the biography of a fascinating person

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Two links
one more link you can see pallavapuram cave temple before it became a mosque http://www.cmi.ac.in/gift/Tamil/tami_tambaram_moved to% 20archeaology.htm venketesh

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Two links
-hi all have you noticed? of recent there are many archeological articles in the hindu when we went on thanjavur trip last year it was mentioned enroute that a dolmen( stone structure) was present in guduvanchery. also stone age implements are fre…

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Converts to Islam
Hi all not only the person but the period must have been fantastic ( in the retrospective)- not for guys living at that time a period when the line between a ruler and a robber was very thin. a period when lotsa of non royals became blue blooded …

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Converts to Islam
heres some matter on yusuf khan from the net Tradition has many stories to tell of this remarkable man, who is commonly known in Madura as Khansa, an abbrevlation for Khan Sahib. He was born in the Rammnad country and was originally a Hindu of th…

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Converts to Islam
hi the best book on this yusuf khan alias maduranayakam is from asian educational services ( those red leather books with gold embossed names that you see) as swetha said that was a troubled time and you cant really pin down a hero or a villia…

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Converts to Islam
se the following article for madura nayakam http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/01/07/stories/2006010700700300.htm

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Converts to Islam

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Converts to Islam
hi Rahul converted name was name was yousuf khan vellaalar by birth changed half a dozen sides during the anglo french- palayakarar wars when captured was tortured to reveal the reported places of a great treasure. he did not and his death happene…

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Converts to Islam
-Hi Gokul I am sure malik attacked srirangam.( kannanore-samayapuram a nearby town was one of the pandya capitals) thats when the idol is taken to delhi and the thulaka nachiar episode of fiction the second time invasion remember ranganathars u…

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Converts to Islam
> Dear all, I think malik is made to be more of a monster than he really was. some reports say he was in madurai for less than a month.( too less for even all the attributed destruction let alone construction) he was actually chased out by vikra…

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