Pudukkottai State (Princely State)

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Was a princely state in Tamil Nadu.

Establishment

January 1801: 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.

Chronology

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1. Partition of India

Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

January 1949: Accession to India (exact date not known). The Indian Independence Act came into being on 15 August.