Dheeran Chinnamalai
Dheeran Chinnamalai Dheeran Chinnamalai was also a freedom fighter in our Indian history against British government. He met many wars in his life against Britishers. Dheeran Chinnamalai was born in Melapalayam on 17 April 1756-Erode district. His real name was Theerthagiri Gounder,also called Theerthagiri Sarkkarai. In his early life he took training in horse riding,archery and more. His parents Rathinasamy Gounder and Periyatha. He gathered youth and built an army for his kongu region. At that time kongu region was ruled by Mysore kingdom. So the collecting of tax amounts are sent to Mysore by the way of Sankagiri. One day Dheeran Chinnamalai captured the tax amount and gave it to all poor people. This incident was an important incident in his life because this is the incident to have a friendship with Mysore king Tipu Sultan. After the death of Hyder Ali on 7th December 1782 his son Tipu Sultan became the king of Mysore and had a good friendship with Dheeran Chinnam...