Pudukkottai State

Kingdom of Pudukkottai Princely State of Pudukkottai
1680–1948
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Map of Pudukkottai
Status	Kingdom of Pudukkottai (Subordinate to Ramnad until 1680). Princely state under the paramountcy of the British Raj (1800–1948)
Capital	Pudukkottai
Common languages	Tamil, English
Religion	Hindu
Government	Principality
Ruler
• (first)1680–1730	Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman
• (last)1928–1948	Rajagopala Tondaiman
History
• Established	1680
• Earliest records	1680
• Disestablished	1 March 1948
Area
1941	3,050 km2 (1,180 sq mi)
Population
• 1941	438,648
Preceded by Succeeded by Madurai Nayak dynasty Ramnad estate Pudukkottai district
Today part of	Tamil Nadu, India

Pudukkottai was a kingdom and later a princely state in British India, which existed from 1680 until 1948.

The Kingdom of Pudukkottai was founded in about 1680 as a feudatory of Ramnad and grew with subsequent additions from Tanjore, Sivaganga and Ramnad. One of the staunch allies of the British East India Company in the Carnatic, Anglo-Mysore and Polygar wars, the kingdom was brought under the Company's protection in 1800 as per the system of Subsidiary Alliance. The state was placed under the control of the Madras Presidency from 1800 until 1 October 1923, when the Madras States Agency was created, and until 1948 it was under the political control of the Government of India.

Pudukkottai State covered a total area of 1,178 square miles (3,050 km²) and had a population of 438,648 in 1941. It extended over the whole of the present-day Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu (with the exception of Aranthangi taluk which was then a part of Tanjore district). The town of Pudukkottai was its capital. The ruler of Pudukkottai was entitled to a 17-gun salute.