Rani Velu Nachiyar was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780–1790. She was the first Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in India. She is also known by the epithet Veeramangai.

The Polygar Wars or Palaiyakkarar Wars were wars fought between the Polygars of the former Tirunelveli Kingdom in Tamil Nadu, India and the British East India Company's Madras Regiment between March 1