Panchalankurichi - Death of Kattabomman

Death of Kattabomman

Finally, after the fall of Sringapatam and the death of Tippu Sultan in 1799, Company forces led by Major J. Bannerman and assisted by the Tondaiman of Pudukkottai and the polegars of Ettayapuram and Sivagiri were free to move against the rebellious chiefs. In the First Polegar War of 1799, Panchalamkurichi was taken, Kattabomman hanged, and the estates of his allies confiscated and their forts destroyed.