# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rani-velu-nachiyar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:12:41.526Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rani-velu-nachiyar"
name: "Rani Velu Nachiyar"
slug: "rani-velu-nachiyar"
description: "Rani Velu Nachiyar was a queen of Sivaganga estate from c. 1780–1790. She was the first Indian queen to wage war with the East India Company (EIC) in India. She is also known by the epithet Veeramangai."
tagline: "Indian queen and freedom fighter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Velu_Nachchiyar_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1730-01-03"
deathDate: "1796-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.55991733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump