Prelims Perspective: What needs to be learned?

• Who is she?
• Other name 
• Contemporary Events

Mains Perspective: Notes need to be prepared

• Personalities (GS I – Modern History, Society)

What needs to be known?

• Rani Velu Nachiyar (1730 – 1796)
  • Who is she?: Rani Velu Nachiyar was a queen of Sivaganga and she was the first Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company in India.
  • Other Name: Veeramangai (“brave woman”).
  • Alliance: With the support of Hyder Ali, gained power in 1780.
  • Fact to Know: First to introduce all women’s military unit.
• Contemporary Events
  • First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–1769) : Treaty of Madras
  • Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784): Treaty of Mangalore
  • Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790–1792): Treaty of Seringapatam

Source: The Hindu