Pudukkottai (State)
| Pudukkottai புதுக்கோட்டை சமஸ்தானம் |
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| 1680-1948 | |||||
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| Capital | Pudukkottai | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 2849 km² | ||||
| population | 380,440 (1901) | ||||
| founding | 1680 | ||||
| resolution | 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Tondiman |
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Pudukkottai ( Tamil புதுக்கோட்டை சமஸ்தானம் Putukkōṭṭai camastāṉam ) was a princely state of British India in what is now the state of Tamil Nadu . Its capital was Pudukkottai .
The princely state was in the hinterland of the east coast of southern India. It had an area of 2,849 square kilometers and a population of 380,440 (1901). Pudukkottai bordered the Trichinopoly (Tiruchirappalli), Tanjore (Thanjavur) and Madura (Madurai) districts of the Madras Presidency . Politically, the state was under the presidency of Madras, represented by the district head of Trichinopoly.
Pudukkottai was ruled by the Tondiman dynasty. Its founder, Raghunatha Tondiman , had received the area of Pudukkottai around 1680 from the ruler of Ramanathapuram (Ramand) as a fief . Pudukkottai supported the British during the Carnatic Wars , in which Britain and France vied for supremacy in southern India in the 18th century. Therefore, Pudukkottai was nominally allowed to retain its independence and became a British protectorate in 1803 .
After Indian independence, Pudukkottai joined the Indian Union in 1948 . In 1950, Pudukkottai was incorporated into the state of Madras, which later became today's Tamil Nadu. The area of the former princely state was initially a part of the district Tiruchirappalli before from him in 1974, along with some areas of the district Thanjavur of Pudukkottai district was established.
See also
literature
- Nicholas B. Dirks: The Hollow Crown. Ethnohistory of an Indian Kingdom. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-05372-3 .
- Pudukkottai State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 20: Pārdi to Pusad. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 230-240 .
