VELLALAR
The name Vellalar is derived from two words namely Vellam meaning water in Tamil and alar meaning ruler, management and the term Vellalar means "Landlords". It is also to be remembered that the word Velanmai means Agriculture in Tamil. Sometimes they are also referred to as Karalar which means "lord of the clouds" in Tamil.
Vellalars of Thondaimandalam who are actually a sub-caste of Saiva Vellalars
PILLAI COMMUNITY
MARUTHANAYAGAM PILLAI
Muhammad Yusuf Khan (1725– 15 October 1764) or Maruthanayagam (Marudhanayagam) Pillai was born in Pannaiyur, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, India in 1725. From humble beginnings, he became a warrior in the Arcot troops, later Commandant for the British East India Company troops. The British and the Arcot Nawab used him to suppress the Polygars (Palayakkarar) in the south of Tamilnadu. Later he was entrusted to administrating the Madurai country when the Madurai Nayaks rule ended.
Later a dispute arose with the British and Arcot Nawab, and three of his associates were bribed to capture Yusuf Khan; he was hanged in 1764 in Madurai.
V.O.CHITHAMBARAM PILLAI
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, (Tamil: வ. உ. சிதம்பரம் பிள்ளை) popularly known by his initials, V.O.C. -> Vandanam. OlaganthaPillai. ChidambaramPillai - (spelt Vaa. Oo.Ce in Tamil), was an Indian freedom fighter born on 5 September 1872 in Vandanam (A small village)is very near to Ottapidaram, Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu State of India. He was a prominent lawyer, and a trade union leader. He gets credit for launching the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, competing against British ships. He was an Indian National Congress (INC) member, later charged with sedition by the British government and sentenced to life imprisonment; his barrister license was stripped. He is also known as "Kappalottiya Tamilan"" (கப்பலோட்டிய தமிழன்), or The Tamil Helmsman in Tamil.
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
Born September 5, 1872
The name Vellalar is derived from two words namely Vellam meaning water in Tamil and alar meaning ruler, management and the term Vellalar means "Landlords". It is also to be remembered that the word Velanmai means Agriculture in Tamil. Sometimes they are also referred to as Karalar which means "lord of the clouds" in Tamil.
Vellalars of Thondaimandalam who are actually a sub-caste of Saiva Vellalars
PILLAI COMMUNITY
Muhammad Yusuf Khan (1725– 15 October 1764) or Maruthanayagam (Marudhanayagam) Pillai was born in Pannaiyur, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, India in 1725. From humble beginnings, he became a warrior in the Arcot troops, later Commandant for the British East India Company troops. The British and the Arcot Nawab used him to suppress the Polygars (Palayakkarar) in the south of Tamilnadu. Later he was entrusted to administrating the Madurai country when the Madurai Nayaks rule ended.
Later a dispute arose with the British and Arcot Nawab, and three of his associates were bribed to capture Yusuf Khan; he was hanged in 1764 in Madurai.
V.O.CHITHAMBARAM PILLAI
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, (Tamil: வ. உ. சிதம்பரம் பிள்ளை) popularly known by his initials, V.O.C. -> Vandanam. OlaganthaPillai. ChidambaramPillai - (spelt Vaa. Oo.Ce in Tamil), was an Indian freedom fighter born on 5 September 1872 in Vandanam (A small village)is very near to Ottapidaram, Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu State of India. He was a prominent lawyer, and a trade union leader. He gets credit for launching the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, competing against British ships. He was an Indian National Congress (INC) member, later charged with sedition by the British government and sentenced to life imprisonment; his barrister license was stripped. He is also known as "Kappalottiya Tamilan"" (கப்பலோட்டிய தமிழன்), or The Tamil Helmsman in Tamil.
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
Born September 5, 1872
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Ottapidaram, Tamil Nadu, India -
Died November 18, 1936
Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names V. O. C, Va Voo Cee , Kappal Oottiya Tamilzhan
Organization Indian National Congress, Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company
Political movement Indian Independence Movement
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vaanathi thoda mudiyathu!
Va Voo Cee padaiyai minja mudiyathu!
VOC YOUTH GUYS,
KONDAIYAMPATTI,
MADURAI.
C.S.VIGNESH WARAN.
