Vellalur
Vellalur
Vellalur Nadu | |
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village | |
| Country |  UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 625109 |
| Telephone code | 91 452 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 59 |
Vellalur is a Tamil cultural village located in
Vellaloor Massacre, 1767
Vellaloor Massacre, 1767, is the killing of nearly 5000 men of the Kallan clan at the Vellalore village near
The Kallars had been resisting paying taxes to the Company, and five battalions of sepoys and 1,500 cavalry under Captain Rumley were sent to extract taxes. The villages held defensive positions, and refused to pay the taxes. Captain Rumley ordered the village to be set on fire, and anyone escaping the fire (men, women and children) were killed by the Company sepoys. This resulted in more than 3000 being killed at Vellalapatti. This incident made other surrounding villages submit to the Company and pay their taxes.
After, a while, there was another instance of rebellion by the Kallar, by attacks on the Company peons, which was followed by another massacre by Captain Rumley, resulting in the death of another 2000 people.[2][3][4]
See also
References
- ^ "Temples in parched southern districts invoke rain god". The Times of India. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ Francis, W (1906). Madras District Gazetteers, Madura, Volume I (PDF). Madras, British India: The Superintendent, Government Press. p. 69.
- ^ Turnbull (July–December 1835). "The Colleries". Alexander's East India and Colonial Magazine. X (R Alexander, Strand): 220–222. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Nelson, J H (1868). The Madura Country, A Manual compiled by order of The Madras Government. Madras, British India: Asylum Press. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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