| Pandara Vanniyan | |||||
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| Tamil Vanniar (Chieftain) of Vannimai 'The Last King of Vanni' | |||||
 Pandara Vanniyan statue | |||||
| Reign | 1785–1803[1] | ||||
| Successor | British Rule | ||||
| Born | ~1775 Vanni, Sri Lanka | ||||
| Died | 31 October, 1810[1] (Succumbed to injuries from ambush by British forces[citation needed]) Katsilaimadu,[2] Sri Lanka | ||||
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| Dynasty | Vanniar | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
Pandara Vanniyan (Tamil: பண்டார வன்னியன், romanized: Paṇṭāra Vaṉṉiyaṉ, Sinhala: වන්නි බණ්ඩාර, romanized: Vanni Baṇḍāra) was a Tamil Chieftain who ruled in Vanni Nadu in 18th century AD. He is referred to by some as the last Tamil king in Sri Lanka, who also rose to revolt against the British Ceylon empire and Dutch Ceylon empire, who died battling the British colonial rule on the island.[3][4] He was officially declared a National Hero of Sri Lanka in 1982.[5]
- ^ a b "Grave stone of Pandara Vanniyan". www.canadamirror.com.
- ^ Duraisingam, Thambimuttu (2000). Politics and Life in Our Times: Selected Articles Published for Over a Century, Volume 2. Michigan: University of Michigan. p. 1490. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ Sabaratnam, T. (3 September 2010). "Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Birth of a Unitary State". Association of Sri Lankan Tamils in the USA. Ilankai Tamil Sangam. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ Somasundaram, Daya (11 February 2014). Scarred Communities: Psychosocial Impact of Man-made and Natural Disasters on Sri Lankan Society. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 9788132118299.
- ^ Somasundaram, Daya (2010). "Collective trauma in the Vanni- a qualitative inquiry into the mental health of the internally displaced due to the civil war in Sri Lanka". International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 4. University of Jaffna: 4. doi:10.1186/1752-4458-4-22. PMC 2923106. PMID 20667090. S2CID 40442344.