[citation needed] This Maravar palaiyam was located in the Sankarankovil taluk, in the former Tirunelveli province of the Nayak kingdom of Madurai.
His success "in recovering the estate brought about a complete change in the relations between the Company and the palaiyam."
"When the sima came under the administration of the Diwanam, Etubar Khan was appointed to hold charge of affairs at Tirunelveli.
The exiled Vellaya Thevar, the ninth polygar of the line (and also known as Rama Bhadra II) continued to cultivate the Company’s friendship and in 1796 the Government decided that his restoration "was no less an act of justice than of policy".
[citation needed] At the end of the First Polegar War in 1799, the polygar of Chokkampatti surrendered two forts and 100 armed men to Major J. Bannerman.