- Palaiyakkarars, or
Poligar,
Palegara (as the
British referred to them) in Andhra,
Karnataka and
Tamil Nadu were the
holders of a
small kingdom as a feudatory...
-
their confreres in this district, who are
Telugu Tottiyans by caste, its
poligars were
Canarese Kappiliyans, and
there is a
vague tradition that they came...
- new territories.
These chieftains were
known by the
title of
Poligars. The
Reddy poligars were
appointed to
render military services in
times of war, collect...
-
continued the
resistance against the East
India Company. In the
first Poligar war, he was
captured and
imprisoned in
Palayamkottai Central Prison. In...
- The Ra****alayam Hound, also
known as the
Polygar Hound or
Indian Ghost Hound, is a
southern Indian dog
breed originating from the town of Ra****alayam in...
- of
Mysore during the
reigns of
Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. Many of the
Poligars whom Sir
Thomas Munro found in
virtual possession of the
country when it...
-
pastoral peasants who
acted as
their armed retainers. The
majority of
those poligars, who
during the late 17th and 18th
centuries controlled much of the Telugu...
-
Rebellion - The
First War of
Independence (1800–1801) Welsh,
James (1830). "
Poligar War".
Military Reminiscences:
Extracted from a
Journal of
Nearly Forty...
-
political grounds by even
quite modest chiefs.
These chiefs came to be
called poligars, a
British corruption of "Palaiyakkarar," Tamil:
holder of "palaiya" or...
- The
Tottiyans were
shepherds who
later gained marginal ruling status (
poligars),
Saurashtrans were
traders who came from present-day
Gujarat and rivalled...
