# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maruthanayagam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:24:38.734Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maruthanayagam"
name: "Maruthanayagam"
slug: "maruthanayagam"
description: "Muhammad Yusuf Khan was a commandant of the British East India Company's Madras Army. He was born in a Tamil Vellalar family in a village called Keelapanaiyur in British India, what is now in Mudukulathur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu, India. He converted to Islam and was named Muhammad Yusuf Khan. He was popularly known as Khan Sahib when he became the ruler of Madurai. He became a warrior in the Arcot troops, and later a commandant for the British East India Company troops. The British and the Arcot Nawab employed him to suppress the Puli Thevar uprising in South India. Later he was entrusted to administer the Madurai country when the Madurai Nayak rule ended."
tagline: "Indian military leader"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Khan_Sahib%27s_Pallivasal.jpg/330px-Khan_Sahib%27s_Pallivasal.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1730"
deathDate: "1764-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.827057327485531
  historical:           7.994209333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "مروتھنایاگم پلئی"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump