:Ondiveeran

{{Expand Malayalam}}{{Short description|Indian freedom fighter}}

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| name = Ondiveeran Pagadai

| image = Ondiveeran 2022 stamp of India.jpg

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| birth_name = Ondiveeran Pagadai

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| birth_place = Nerkattumseval, Tirunelveli, British India

| death_date = 20 August 1771

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| nationality = Indian

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| occupation = Freedom fighter

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Ondiveeran Pagadai (or Ondi Veeran) (died 20 August 1771){{cite news|title=Ondiveeran remembered|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ondiveeran-remembered/article9013546.ece|website=The Hindu|date=20 August 2016 |accessdate=21 August 2016}} was an Indian commander-in-chief who fought against the British East India Company in Tamil Nadu.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/garden-of-classical-tamil-work-to-be-taken-up-soon/article258665.ece|title='Garden of Classical Tamil' work to be taken up soon|work=The Hindu}}

Ondiveeran came from the Arunthathiyar community and is viewed by them as a hero. Pressure from the Arunthathiyars led the Government of Tamil Nadu to build a memorial to him in Tirunelveli district.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ucp0otMvDAC&pg=PA91|title=The Fire Against Untouchability|isbn=9789381908471 |last1=Rajendran |first1=S. P. |year=2012 |publisher=Bharathi Puthakalayam }} The foundation stone for the memorial was laid in 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/foundation-stone-laid-for-memorial/article1101804.ece|title=Foundation stone laid for memorial|author=Staff Reporter|work=The Hindu|date=18 January 2011 }}