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Maharaja of Travancore defected to the East India company and appointed a new Dalawa. Following a severe defeat at Cochin, Paliath Achan, the Dalawa of Cochin, defected from the anti-British alliance on
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did not have the funds to pay the additional subsidy in full. The
Company remitted half of the subsidy for two years, so that the king could make military budget cuts to raise the funds to pay it in full afterwards. In 1807, the king still lacked the funds to pay the subsidy in full, requested
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British East India Company and the Kingdom of Travancore. Under the treaty, the Company was to maintain a subsidiary military force in or near Travancore to defensively aid the kingdom from foreign powers, and the maintenance costs would be paid by the government of Travancore. The
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British civilians and their native supporters were executed by the rebels in Travancore. In mid-January, the British assembled a force of 3000 in the south of Travancore to relieve pressure on Lieutenant Colonel Chalmers’ force and under Colonel
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On 18 December 1808, open rebellion broke out in
Travancore and Cochin. At midnight, the Resident's house in Cochin was stormed, though Colonel Macaulay and Kunhikrishana Menon managed to escape. The British garrison in Cochin, under Lieutenant Colonel
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Maharajah issued an order for the arrest of Velu Thampi, who was run to the ground by the Maharajah's soldiers at Mannadi. Velu Thampi committed suicide to avoid capture, and with his death, the rebellion promptly ended.
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Macaulay attributed the government's refusal to pay the subsidy by making military cuts to Dalawa Velu Thampi, and said that the king was satisfied with the subsidiary arrangements. After the dalawa received a letter from
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there. 100 Sikh soldiers were commanded under
Jarnail (General) Sadhu Singh Chauhan and were able to hold the British soldiers long enough till a collaborated massacre of British soldiers happened, it is known as the
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Captain John Reid, who later died of his wounds. For the gallant defence, the battalion was later awarded the
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of Cochin. He suggested to Velu Thampi that the resident be assassinated by military force. Velu Thampi accepted and prepared for battle, organising and training a group of
Travancori
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claimed that the requirement of the additional subsidy was a product of extortion. In 1808, he and the king asked for the additional subsidy to be relinquished entirely.
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of 1/17th MNI. Major Hewitt and his men repulsed the attack after a gallant and skilful defence. In a dispatch to the Resident, Major Hewitt described the action:
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in 1804, the Company's troops, at the behest of the Dalawa himself, initially protected the Dalawa and then later, put down the revolt.
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permanent remission of half of the subsidy, and also requested that future payments. The British
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1st Battalion 17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry
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589:Ahmad, Rifat Nadeem; Ahmed, Rafiuddin (2006).
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349:and arrived in Cochin in early January 1809.
223:revolt by a section of the Tranvancorean army
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221:rulers of the state. Following a
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611:A Survey of Kerala History
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537:Ahmad & Ahmed 2006
415:Pass and occupied the
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245:Maharaja of Travancore
215:Third Anglo-Mysore War
1210:Kingdom of Travancore
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691:Kingdom of Travancore
626:. London: Leo Cooper.
622:Cook, H.C.B. (1987).
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158:Casualties and losses
1133:Thampi and Thankachi
1085:Other notable people
987:C. P. Ramaswami Iyer
705:Travancore Rebellion
422:Massacre of Aramboly
404:Kundara Proclamation
180:against the British
178:Travancore rebellion
151:2,000 rocket-bearers
149:25,000 Nair soldiers
55:Modern day southern
32:Travancore rebellion
18:Travancore Rebellion
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982:Muhammad Habibullah
932:K. Krishnaswamy Rao
887:Thanjavur Subha Rao
655:. pp. 141–142.
206:subsidiary alliance
952:P. Rajagopalachari
907:A. Seshayya Sastri
856:Velu Thampi Dalawa
846:Krishna Gopalayyan
794:Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
764:Gowri Parvati Bayi
759:Gowri Lakshmi Bayi
715:Upper Cloth Revolt
551:, pp. 208–10.
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254:Lieutenant Colonel
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463:Cotiote War
318:Calicutites
302:Nadavarambu
272:Velu Thampi
230:Velu Thampi
135:Sikh Empire
1174:Categories
1102:G. V. Raja
1025:Trivandrum
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186:Travancore
117:Travancore
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1002:Divisions
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735:Maharajas
561:Cook 1987
429:Udayagiri
409:St. Leger
326:Mauritius
314:Americans
265:discharge
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1010:Northern
609:(1967).
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413:Aramboly
320:and the
280:Governor
250:Resident
219:de facto
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51:Location
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834:Dalawas
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322:French
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269:Dalawa
238:rupees
227:Dalawa
211:Mysore
190:Cochin
126:Cochin
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64:Result
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