Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Many of you might heard about him,the great

marathaa navy General.Also you can meet him in

Sandilyan's "Jala Deepam".Ok,let us now see,what

the british encyclopedia of India writtern on 1885

says about him,

"About the middle of the 17th century,Kanhoji

Angria,who had been a Mahratta soldier,was made

governer of Severndrug(i guess it is Sindu

Durg.He soon assumed independence,obtained

possession of nearly all the Maharatta fleet,and

conquered territory on the mainland.In 1722,the

British and Portuguese made and unsucessful

attacko on his strong fort of Colabah;(Near today's

Nariman Point near Bombay- i guess)in 1724 an

attack on Viziadrug (Vijaya durg) or Gheriah

failed,and when he died at the close of 1728,his

sway extended over a hundred miles of the coast

line.He was succeeded by his illegitimate

son,Tullaji Angaria.In 1755,the E.I Company's

marine,under commodore James,in concert with a

Mahratta army,captured Severndrug and

Bancoote;and in 1756,Admiral Watson destroyed

Angaria's fleet (11 th February), and the following

day Gheriah surrendered to Colonel Clive.The last

descendant died about the middle of the 19th

century,and the territory was annexed.



The point here is till he die, he was undefeated.