Venkatappa Nayak

Venkatappa Nayak of Gingee was a Telugu ruler who governed the Gingee principality in Tamil Nadu approximately between 1570 and 1600 CE. He was part of the Gingee Nayak dynasty, which originated from the Balija warrior clans of present-day Andhra Pradesh and ruled the region as provincial governors under the Vijayanagara Empire before asserting greater independence