{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Vellachi Nachiyar | title = Queen of Sivaganga | image = | caption = | succession = Monarch of Sivaganga estate | reign = c. 1790-c. 1793<ref>K. R. Venkatarama Ayyar, Sri Brihadamba State Press, 1938, ''A Manual of the Pudukkóttai State'', p.720</ref> | coronation = | full name = | dynasty = | predecessor = Velu Nachiyar | successor = {{ill|Vangam Periya Udaya Thevar|ta|வேங்கன் பெரிய உடையாத் தேவர்}} | father = Muthu Vaduganatha Periyavudaya Thevar | mother = Velu Nachiyar | birth_date = 1770 | birth_place = Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India | death_date = 1793 | death_place = Sivagangai | burial_date = | burial_place = }}
'''Vellacci''' or '''Vellachi Nachiyar''' (1770-1793) was the second ruling queen of Sivaganga estate in 1790–1793. She was the daughter of Muthu Vaduganatha Periyavudaya Thevar and Velu Nachiyar. She was made the heir to the throne of Sivagangai by her mother Velu Nachiyar after the recapture of Sivagangai from the East India Company.<ref>{{cite news|title=Memorial planned for Velu Nachiyar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/memorial-planned-for-velu-nachiyar/article4059116.ece|work=The Hindu|date=3 November 2012}}</ref> In 1791, Vellachi married to Vengum Periya Udaya Thevar. In 1793 she succumbed to an illness, as did her infant daughter who was 1 year old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raj |first=Jekila Antony |title=QUEEN VELU NACHIYAR : FIRST WOMEN AGAINST BRITISH |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342313674_QUEEN_VELU_NACHIYAR_FIRST_WOMEN_AGAINST_BRITISH}}</ref>
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==Further reading== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |last=Shubendra |first= |year=2023 |isbn=978-9390742295 |title=Warrior Queen of Sivaganga: The Legend of Rani Velu Nachiyar |edition=1st |location=New Delhi |language=en |publisher=Pan Macmillan |oclc=1389887387}} {{refend}}
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