Sivaganga estate

Kingdom of Maruthu Pandiyars
1730–1947
StatusIndependent kingdom till 1801.
After the death of Maruthu Pandiyar, sivaganga was permanently settled zamindari by padamathur gowri vallaba udayana thevar to British from 1803.
CapitalSivaganga
Common languagesTamil, English, Persian, Urdu, French, Kannada
Religion
Hindu, Jain
GovernmentMonarchy until 1801 , zamindari from 1803
zamindar 
History 
• Established
1730
• Disestablished
1947

The estate of Sivaganga, as per British records also known as Kingdom of the Lesser Marava, was a permanently settled zamindari estate in the Ramnad sub-division of Madura district, Madras Presidency, British India. Along the estate of Ramnad, it formed one of the two zamindari estates of Ramnad subdivision.

The Sivaganga estate was ruled by a branch of the Marava royal family of Ramnad till 1790 by Rani Velu Nachiyar. After her death, Maruthu brothers ruled the kingdom from 1790–1801. After their death, the kingdom was reduced to a zamindari by the British in 1803. The zamindari was abolished through socialist reform on India's independence.