Pudukkottai state

Pudukkottai was a princely state of British India in what is now the state of Tamil Nadu. Its capital was Pudukkottai.

The princely state of Pudukkottai was on the east coast of south India hinterland. He had an area of ​​2,849 square kilometers and 380 440 inhabitants ( 1901). Pudukkottai districts bordering on the Trichinopoly ( Tiruchirappalli ), Tanjore ( Thanjavur ) and Madura ( Madurai ) of the Madras Presidency. Politically, the state of the Madras Presidency was under represented by the district head of Trichinopoly.

Pudukkottai was dominated by the Tondiman Dynasty. Its founder, Raghunatha Tondiman, had received the territory of Pudukkottai in 1680 by the ruler of Ramanathapuram ( Ramand ) as a fief. During the Carnatic wars in which Britain and France were struggling for supremacy in South India in the 18th century, Pudukkottai supported the British. Therefore, Pudukkottai was allowed nominally retained its independence and became a British protectorate in 1803.

After Indian independence took place in 1948 Pudukkottai connection to the Indian Union. 1950 Pudukkottai was incorporated in the state of Madras, emerged from the later today Tamil Nadu. The area of the former princely state was initially a part of the district of Tiruchirappalli before from him in 1974 along with some areas of the district Thanjavur district of Pudukkottai was established.