notable chieftains or Poligars who fought the British East India Company as it was expanding were Veerapandya Kattabomman , Maruthu Pandiyar, Pulithevan and Dheeran Chinnamalai. Pudukkottai remained as a princely state under British suzerainty. When India became independent in 1947, Madras Presidency became Madras State, comprising of present day Tamil Nadu,