Question

Which of the following statements about Velunachiyar are correct?

• A. Velunachiyar was the daughter of Sellamuthu Sethupathy.
• B. Velunachiyar was killed in the raid held in 1772.
• C. Velunachiyar escaped to Virupachi in 1772.
• D. Velunachiyar with the help of Puli Thevar recaptured Sivagangai.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C)

Velunachiyar escaped to Virupachi in 1772.

Velunachiyar was born in 1730 and was the daughter of Raja Sellamuthu Sethupathy of Ramanathapuram. During a raid by the East India Company in 1772 under Lieutenant Colonel Bon Jour and the Nawab, she escaped along with her daughter to Virupachi.