Question

Write a brief note on the Marudhu brothers.

Answer 1

1. Periya Marudhu or Vella Marudhu and his younger brother Chinna Marudhu were the able generals of Muthuvadugar of Sivagangai.
2. After Muthuvadugar’s death in the Kalaiyur Kovil battle, they assisted in restoring the throne to Velunachiyar.
3. In the last years of the eighteenth century, the Marudhu brothers organised resistance against the British.