INA Freedom Fighters in Nagappattinam District

Abstract

Nagappattinam is a holy town in Tamil Nadu. This town becomes the Headquarters of Nagappattinam District. This place came in to glory of its zenith, during the period of Medieval Cholas. It has been serving as an important port right from the early period of Medieval cholas and English East India Company. This port station was a commercial centre for Sri Lanka and the far East Countries. Buddhism spread to Sri Lanka through this port. A Sri Lankan King constructed a Buddhist structure of the time in Nagappattinam with the help of Chola Kingdom. That is the famous Chudamani Vihara in Nagappattinam. This town is in the coromandal coast. The Portuguese in the early times and the Dutch in the Later time settled in Nagappattinam from AD 1660 to AD 1781. The British East India Company conquered and captured this town Nagappattinam. It was serving as the capital of Thanjavur District from 1799 AD to 1845 AD, during the British Administration under Madras Presidency. It was continued to be a part of Thanjavur District even after the Indian Independence till 1991. Administrative reasons made the Tamil Nadu Government to bifurcate the big one. The newly created Nagappattinam District starts functioning separately from 1991. It covers an area 14.92 km2. Major occupation of this Nagappattinam District is Agriculture. But the town Nagappattinam is the centre for Fishing. Majority of the people are involved and employed in sea borne trading called Fishing. There are many different pilgrimage centers in Nagappattinam for different religious people. Such as, Velankanni is for Christians, Kayarohanaswami temple and Sundararajaperumal kovil for Hindus, Nagore Durgah for Muslims.