Revolt of Velu Thampi & Paliath Achan
1-VeluThampi was the Dalawa of Travancore
2-Velu Thampi was appointed as Mulakumadiseela Karyakkar (Commercial minister in 1799 by
Balaramavarma)
3-In 1800 he became the Dalawa.
5-On 11 January 1809 (1st Makaram 984) issued the famous Kundara Proclamation indicting the British
rule and exhorting the people to rally under his banner for a patriotic struggle against the foreigners.
6-He organised the Hajoor Kachery at Kollam.
7-Velu Thampi committed suicide in the house of the Potti of the Bhagavati temple at Mannadi.
8-His relatives were deported to Maldives.
9-The oldest male member of the Paliyam family was the hereditary Diwan of Cochin Raja.
10-Paliyat Achan revolted against the British in collaboration with Velu Thampi.
11-But he was finally defeated and deported to Madras.
12- Cochin became a subsidiary state of the British in 1809.
13-The Kurichyas and Kurumbas of Wynad rose in revolt against the British in 1812.
14-Kurichya Revolt was the last of the early revolts broke out in Malabar against the British supremacy.
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