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Building an FT8 Digital Interface – Dive into Digital Modes vu3dxr.in/building-an-...
Building An FT8 Digital Interface - Dive Into Digital Modes - DXR Electronics Bits
This blog post examines a well-designed FT8 digital interface circuit that provides both audio coupling and PTT (Push-to-Talk) control.
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French Settlements in Tamil Nadu: The Full History of Pondicherry heritagetamil.in/french-settl...
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Haidar Ali and the Second Anglo-Mysore War: Complete History heritagetamil.in/haidar-ali-a...
Haidar Ali and the Second Anglo-Mysore War: Complete History
The Second Mysore War (1780–1784) was one of the fiercest conflicts between Mysore and the British East India Company. Learn about the causes of the war, Haidar Ali's invasion of the Carnatic, the dev...
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The Battle of Talikota: Fall of the Vijayanagara Empire heritagetamil.in/the-battle-o...
The Battle of Talikota: Fall of the Vijayanagara Empire
In January 1565, four Deccan sultans marched against an aging regent who thought himself unbeatable. What followed near a village called Rakkasagi was not a lost battle so much as the end of an age. C...
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The Story of Madras Part 1 – From Fishing Village to Fort St. George heritagetamil.in/story-of-mad...
The Story of Madras Part 1 – From Fishing Village to Fort St. George
Three hundred years ago, Madras was a scatter of fishing villages on the Coromandel Coast. This first part of the series follows Francis Day's search for a trading post, his 1639 land grant from the R...
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Fall of the Pandyas: Patricide, Civil War & Malik Kafur’s Invasion (1311) heritagetamil.in/fall-of-the-...
Fall of the Pandyas: Patricide, Civil War & Malik Kafur’s Invasion (1311)
In 1308, Sundara Pandya murdered his father, Emperor Kulasekhara. The succession war with his brother Vira Pandya left Madurai defenseless. Sundara’s plea to Malik Kafur brought Delhi’s cavalry in 131...
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Porto Novo : A 500-Year Journey Through Tamil Nadu’s Trading Past heritagetamil.in/porto-novo-a...
Porto Novo : A 500-Year Journey Through Tamil Nadu’s Trading Past
Long before highways connected Chennai to Chidambaram, a small river-mouth town called Porto Novo ruled the Coromandel trade. Dutch merchants, Swedish sailors, Maratha horsemen, and British generals a...
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Anchettidurgam Fort: The Forgotten Baramahal Stronghold heritagetamil.in/anchettidurg...
Anchettidurgam Fort: The Forgotten Baramahal Stronghold
Anchettidurgam, or Anchetty Durgam, is a ruined hill fort in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district. Once a formidable stronghold under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, it fell to the British in 1791 during the ...
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Battle of Erode (1667): Chikkadevaraja, Chokkanatha Nayak, and the Fall of Kongu heritagetamil.in/battle-of-er...
Battle of Erode (1667): Chikkadevaraja, Chokkanatha Nayak, and the Fall of Kongu
In 1667, on the banks of the Kaveri, a confederacy raised in the name of a fading Vijayanagara prince collided with the rising Kingdom of Mysore. The Battle of Erode decided who would rule Kongu Nadu,...
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The Nayaks of Gingee: From Vijayanagara Viceroys to Independent Rulers heritagetamil.in/the-nayaks-o...
The Nayaks of Gingee: From Vijayanagara Viceroys to Independent Rulers
Gingee Fort stood as one of South India's toughest strongholds under the Nayaks, a Telugu warrior line that governed the region for over a century. Starting as Vijayanagara viceroys, they built temple...
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The Clash of Titans: Deciphering the Madurai-Mysore Wars heritagetamil.in/the-clash-of...
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The Fall of Madurai’s 72 Bastions and Fort Walls: The Blackburne Story heritagetamil.in/the-fall-of-...
The Fall of Madurai’s 72 Bastions and Fort Walls: The Blackburne Story
In the 1830s, Collector John Blackburne tore down Madurai's forty foot fort walls and filled its moat, ending two centuries of fortified city life. Behind the official story of hygiene and expansion l...
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Ten Epic Battles That Carved the Soul of South India heritagetamil.in/ten-epic-bat...
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First Anglo-Mysore War: The Decisive Battle of Tiruvannamalai Explained heritagetamil.in/first-anglo-...
First Anglo-Mysore War: The Decisive Battle of Tiruvannamalai Explained
In September 1767, the sacred city of Tiruvannamalai became the crucible of the First Anglo-Mysore War. While Hyder Ali sought to breach the Company’s power, Colonel Joseph Smith delivered a decisive ...
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Gingee Fort’s Forgotten King: How Raja Tej Singh Became Tamil Folklore’s Desing Raja heritagetamil.in/how-raja-tej...
Gingee Fort’s Forgotten King: How Raja Tej Singh Became Tamil Folklore’s Desing Raja
He was only twenty-two years old. He commanded 350 horsemen against an army of 18,000. He lost. But in losing, Raja Tej Singh of Gingee won something greater than any battlefield victory—immortality i...
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The Battle of Paramakudi: First Matchlock War in Tamil Nadu history heritagetamil.in/battle-of-pa...
The Battle of Paramakudi: First Matchlock War in Tamil Nadu history
When the polygar Tumbichchi Nayaka seized the fortified town of Paramakudi and defied the Madurai Nayak throne in the 1560s, he triggered a military confrontation that would test the limits of Vijayan...
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The Polygar System in Madurai: A Comprehensive History of Power, Resistance, and Colonial Abolition heritagetamil.in/the-polygar-...
The Polygar System in Madurai: A Comprehensive History of Power, Resistance, and Colonial Abolition
The Polygar system of Madurai was a network of 72 warrior-chieftain territories established by Viswanatha Nayak in the 16th century. Dominated by Nayak chiefs, it shaped southern Tamil Nadu for two ce...
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History of the Ramnad Kingdom and Sethupathi Rulers (1590–1949) heritagetamil.in/history-of-t...
History of the Ramnad Kingdom and Sethupathi Rulers (1590–1949)
This piece follows Ramnad’s journey from a Marava warrior kingdom under the Sethupathis to one of Madras Presidency’s largest zamindari estates, explaining its rulers, temples, revenue systems, and ev...
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Betrayal, War, and Royalty: The Untold Story of Bangaru Tirumala Nayaka heritagetamil.in/betrayal-war...
Betrayal, War, and Royalty: The Untold Story of Bangaru Tirumala Nayaka
Bangaru Tirumala Nayaka — royal kinsman, military commander, and reluctant claimant to the Madurai throne — lived through the most turbulent chapter in Nayak history. His family's story did not end wi...
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The Ramnad War of Succession (1720–1729): How a Throne Dispute Shattered the Marava Kingdom heritagetamil.in/the-ramnad-w...
The Ramnad War of Succession (1720–1729): How a Throne Dispute Shattered the Marava Kingdom
Between 1720 and 1729, two claimants to the Ramnad throne, a plague, betrayed alliances, and a Thanjavur Maratha intervention combined to fracture the powerful Marava kingdom of southern Tamil Nadu in...
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Hidden Story of the Ramnad Succession War of 1637 heritagetamil.in/hidden-story...
Hidden Story of the Ramnad Succession War of 1637
In 1637, the death of a Sethupathi ruler in Ramnad triggered a bitter succession dispute between an adopted prince and a natural-born son. What followed was nearly a decade of palace intrigue, Nayak i...
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When Europe’s War Came to India: The First Carnatic War (1746-1748) heritagetamil.in/when-europes...
When Europe’s War Came to India: The First Carnatic War (1746-1748)
The First Carnatic War (1746-48) was more than a distant echo of European conflict; it was a brutal baptism of fire for the British and French in India. It exposed the weakness of local powers, introd...
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The Untold Story of the Second Carnatic War heritagetamil.in/the-untold-s...
The Untold Story of the Second Carnatic War
Following the death of the Nizam of Hyderabad, a brutal power struggle erupted in Southern India. As the French backed one claimant, the British backed another. Enter Robert Clive, whose daredevil cap...
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The Battle of Vedalai: The 1549 Clash of Empires heritagetamil.in/the-battle-o...
The Battle of Vedalai: The 1549 Clash of Empires
Beyond the simple Wikipedia entry lies a complex tale of greed, faith, and empire. The 1549 Battle of Vedalai wasn't just a local skirmish; it was the culmination of decades of maritime conflict invol...
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European Forts in Tamil Nadu: A Colonial Heritage Trail heritagetamil.in/european-for...
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Kenilworth Fort, Hosur: The Castle Built for Love That Time Forgot heritagetamil.in/kenilworth-f...
Kenilworth Fort, Hosur: The Castle Built for Love That Time Forgot
In Hosur, a crumbling ruin tells a story of love, empire, and folly. Kenilworth Fort, India's only replica of an English castle, was built at great expense for a Scottish bride. Today, it stands forgo...
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