Rani Velu Nachiyar Birth Anniversary | 04 Jan 2024

The Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Rani Velu Nachiyar (3rd Jan 1730 – 25th Dec 1796) on her birth anniversary.

• Rani Velu Nachiyar, also known as Veeramangai, was the princess of the Ramnad Kingdom of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu.
• She is revered as the first queen to fight against the British colonial power in India.
  • She was a scholar in languages like French, English, and Urdu.
• Nachiyar became queen of the Sivaganga estate (present-day Tamil Nadu) in 1780 after her husband Muthuvaduganathaperiya Udaiyathevar’s death. She ruled until 1790.
  • She went on to produce the first human bomb as well as establish the first army of trained women soldiers in the late 1700s.