Rani Velu Nachiyar (3 January 1730 – 25 December 1796) 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 the queen of sivagangai district.
Life

Sivagangai Palace with Rani Velu Nachiyar Statue
Velu Nachiyar was the princess of Ramanathapuram and the only child of King Chellamuthu Vijayaragunatha Sethupathy and Queen Sakandhimuthathal of the Ramnad kingdom. Nachiyar was trained in a variety of fighting methods, including the use of weapons of war, martial arts such as Valari, Silambam, horseback riding and archery. She is fluent in many is the languages ​​and is fluent in French, English and Urdu. She married the King of Sivagangai, with whom she had a daughter.

When her husband, Muthu Vaduganatha Periyavudaya Thevar was killed in battle with EIC soldiers in 1780, she became embroiled in the conflict. Velu Nachiyar runs a away from Sivagangai as a fugitive and asks Hyder Ali for help. Hyder Ali supported her with 5,000 troops and gunpowder weapons. At first, Hyder Ali refused but later agreed to help him with troops, weapons, and training. Velu Nachiyar also sought help from wealthy merchants. After eight years of planning with the support of numerous feudal lords, Tipu Sultan, the Marudhu brothers and Thandavarayan Pillai, she fought against the British East India Company. 

When Velu Nachiyar found the location where the EIC was storing some of their ammunition, its commander Kuyili carried out a suicide attack on the ammunition depot. , causing it to explode.  Nachiyar inherited her husband's kingdom and ruled it for another 10 years. 

In 1790, his daughter Vellacci succeeded him. She empowered her daughter along with the Marudu brothers to help in the administration of the kingdom. Velu Nachiyar died a few years later, on December 25, 1796. 

Pop culture
On December 31, 2008, a commemorative postage stamp bearing his name was issued. 
Chennai's OVM Dance Academy presents "VELU NACHIYAR" a wonderful ballet on Sivaganga Queen.
Professor ALI, a Tamil-American hip-hop artist, released a song dedicated to Velu Nachiyar titled "Our Queen" as part of his Tamilmatic album in 2016.
On 21 August 2017, a large ballet dance was conducted at Naradha Gana Sabha in Chennai illustrating the life story of Queen Velu Nachiyar. The play is directed by Sriram Sharma, who has been researching the Queen's life story for almost a decade.

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