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Raghunatha Raya Thondaiman

r. 1686–1730 · 18th century

Raghunatha Raya Thondaiman was the founder of the princely state of Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu. A chief in the service of the Sethupathi of Ramnad, he established his own principality in 1686 between Thanjavur and Ramnad. His Thondaiman dynasty ruled Pudukkottai until it merged into India in 1948.

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Pudukkottai State

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