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- Marthanda_Varma abstract "Marthanda Varma (Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma) (1705 – 7 July 1758) was ruler of the southern Indian state of Travancore (Malayalam: Tiruvitamkur) from 1729 until his death in 1758. He is most celebrated for crushing the Dutch expansionist designs at the Battle of Colachel in 1741. Varma then adopted a European mode of martial discipline and expanded his domain to encompass what became the modern state of Travancore.Varma built a substantial standing army of about 50,000, reduced the power of the Nair aristocracy (on which rulers of Kerala had earlier been dependent militarily), and fortified the northern limits of his kingdom at the so-called Travancore Lines. His alliance in 1757 with the ruler of Cochin, against Kingdom of Calicut, enabled Cochin to survive.Travancore under Varma did make a determined bid to consolidate its power by the use of maritime outlets. At his accession to the throne in early 18th century, the only route remaining was Travancore to build an elaborate and well-organized war machine while keeping external supply lines open. The control of trade was also seen as crucial in the statecraft of the period. These principles were put into practice by Varma.It was also the policy of Varma to extend patronage to the Syrian Christians, a large trading community in Travancore, as a means of limiting European involvement in trade. The key commodity was pepper, but other goods also came to be defined as Royal Monopoly Items, requiring a license for trade. Trivandrum (Malayalam:Thiruvananthapuram) became a prominent city in Kerala under Marthanda Varma. Prime ministers under Marthanda Varma - Arumukham Pillai (1729 – 36), Thanu Pillai (1736 – 37) and Ramayyan Dalawa (1737 – 56) - played a significant role in the raise of the Travancore state.Marthanda Varma's policies were continued in large measure by his successor and nephew, Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma (\"Dharma Raja\") (1758–98), who went on to successfully defend Travancore against the Kingdom of Mysore.".
- Marthanda_Varma activeYearsEndYear "1758".
- Marthanda_Varma activeYearsStartYear "1729".
- Marthanda_Varma birthPlace Attingal.
- Marthanda_Varma birthPlace Thiruvananthapuram_district.
- Marthanda_Varma deathDate "1758-07-07".
- Marthanda_Varma deathPlace Kanyakumari_district.
- Marthanda_Varma deathPlace Padmanabhapuram.
- Marthanda_Varma parent Kilimanoor_Palace.
- Marthanda_Varma parent Kilimanur_Palace.
- Marthanda_Varma predecessor Rama_Varma_of_Venad.
- Marthanda_Varma successor Dharma_Raja.
- Marthanda_Varma thumbnail Marthanda_Vurmah_Maha_Rajah.png?width=300.
- Marthanda_Varma title "King of Travancore".
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- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageRevisionID "705558310".
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Alappuzha_district.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Ambalappuzha.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Attingal.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Colachel.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Category:1706_births.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Category:1758_deaths.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Kerala.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Category:Maharajas_of_Travancore.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Category:Malayali_people.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Thiruvananthapuram.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Changanassery.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Colachel.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Dharma_Raja.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Dutch_East_India_Company.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink East_India_Company.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Ettara_Yogam.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Ettuveetil_Pillamar.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Eustachius_De_Lannoy.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Gustaaf_Willem_van_Imhoff.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Hinduism.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kalkulam.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kannur.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kanyakumari.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kanyakumari_district.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kayamkulam.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kilimanoor_Palace.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Cochin.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Mysore.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kochi.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kollam.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kollam_district.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kottar.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kottarakkara.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kottayam.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kozhikode.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Krishnapuram_Palace.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Kunchan_Nambiar.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Madurai_Nayak_dynasty.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Mavelikkara.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Meenachil.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Nagercoil.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Nair.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Nedumkotta.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Nepal.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Padmanabhapuram.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Padmanabhapuram_Palace.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Padmanabhaswamy_Temple.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Puja_(Hinduism).
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Purakkad.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Rama_Varma_of_Venad.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Ramapurathu_Warrier.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Ramayyan_Dalawa.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Saint_Thomas_Christians.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Tehsildar.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Thekkumkur.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Thiruvananthapuram.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Thiruvananthapuram_district.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Tirunelveli.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Travancore.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Treaty_of_Mannar.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Varkala.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Venad.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Vishnu.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink Zamorin_of_Calicut.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink File:De_lannoy_Tomb.JPG.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLink File:Krishnapuram_palace1.jpg.
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLinkText "Anizham Thirunaal Marthanda Varma".
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLinkText "Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma".
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLinkText "Anizhom Thirunal Marthanda Varma".
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLinkText "King Marthanda Varma".
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLinkText "Maharaja Marthanda Varma".
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLinkText "Marthanda Varma ".
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLinkText "Marthanda Varma".
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLinkText "Marthandavarma Maharaja".
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLinkText "Marthandavarma".
- Marthanda_Varma wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mārthanda Varma".
- Marthanda_Varma birthDate "1705".
- Marthanda_Varma birthName "Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma".
- Marthanda_Varma birthPlace Attingal.
- Marthanda_Varma birthPlace Thiruvananthapuram_district.
- Marthanda_Varma caption "A depiction of Marthanda Varma in A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times by P Shangunny Menon".
- Marthanda_Varma deathDate "1758-07-07".