Colonial Tamil Nadu Fort Geldria to Fort Sadras: The Dutch in Tamil Nadu Long before the British arrived, the Dutch East India Company ran forts at Pulicat, Nagapattinam,…
Battles & Military History Colonial Tamil Nadu The Fall of Pondicherry: How the Third Carnatic War Ended French India After the Battle of Wandiwash, French forces under Lally retreated to Pondicherry, where Eyre Coote…
Forts, Temples & Architecture The Fall of Madurai’s 72 Bastions and Fort Walls: The Blackburne Story In the 1830s, Collector John Blackburne tore down Madurai's forty foot fort walls and filled…
Forts, Temples & Architecture Forgotten Forts of Tamil Nadu: Beyond Vellore and Gingee Tamil Nadu's forts tell stories of Vijayanagara chieftains, Kongu poligars, Travancore kings and mud-wall Tondaimans…
Battles & Military History Colonial Tamil Nadu Maruthanayagam to Yusuf Khan: The Tamil Soldier Who Shook Three Empires Born a Hindu Vellalan in Ramnad, he rose through conversion and military brilliance to govern…
Colonial Tamil Nadu The Second Polygar War (1799-1805): The Bloody Guerrilla Uprising against British Between 1800 and 1805, a coalition of Tamil chieftains fought the British East India Company…
