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- Polachirackal_Tharakan_family abstract "Polachirackal Tharakan family of Mavelikkara (Malayalam: പോളച്ചിറക്കല് തരകന് Pōḷacciṛakkal Tharakkan) or the House of Polachirackal with family members titled as Mavelikkara Tharakan (Malayalam: മാവേലിക്കര തരകന് Māvēlikkara Tharakan) is an ancient Saint Thomas Christian noble Indian family of the erst-while Kingdom of Travancore aristocracy. The family was referred to as \"Travancoreiyelle Kireedom Vekyathe Rajakamare\" in Malayalam which meant \"The Uncrowned Kings of Travancore\" for having provided political leadership to the erst-while Kingdom of Mavelikkara in the state of Kerala, India, having had deeply entrenched ties with the erst-while Kingdom of Travancore and in having contributed to the establishment of it, were financiers to the Travancore royal family and supported the Apostolic Saint Thomas Christian churches, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church which traces its origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. The heritage of the family as well as its fame comes from a number of notable involvement of the family members which include, being financiers to the sovereign Maharaja of Travancore Marthanda Varma, financing and re-constructing the famed Sabrimala Temple, under-taking the contractual responsibilities and having constructed four palaces in Travancore as well as financing the annexation of various chiefdoms and the Travancore-Dutch War which also included the decisive Battle of Colachel.The House's lineage is traditionally believed to have been founded in the 1st century from the evangelical activity undertaken by Thomas the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Records indicate several notable descendants having held political, commercial and merchant trading as well as ecclesiastical influence and positions starting from the 16th century in continuation till the present times. Their tharavad was bestowed with the hereditary noble title 'Tharakan of Mavelikkara' (Malayalam: മാവേലിക്കര തരകന് Māvēlikkara Tharakan) by the then sovereign Maharaja of Travancore Marthanda Varma.The House's then excessive fortunes were made from having a local oligopoly in the merchant trading of pepper which was part of the international spice trade route developed and controlled by the Portuguese Casa da Índia and later by the Dutch East India Company in the age of discovery starting with Vasco da Gama reaching Calicut by the sea route in 1498. Using their surplus as risk capital, the House established itself as financiers to the maharajas of the Kingdom of Travancore, the second wealthiest Indian princely state after the Nizam of Hyderabad. As a reference point to compare the wealth in Travancore, the Nizam of Hyderabad was ranked as the richest man in the world in 1937 by Time magazine Travancore was an erst-while 19-gun (outside)/21-gun (within) salute princely Indian state which is part of Kerala, India. The members of the House were notable for holding political leadership of the principality of Mavelikkara.".
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- Polachirackal_Tharakan_family subject Category:Families_of_Kerala.
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- Polachirackal_Tharakan_family comment "Polachirackal Tharakan family of Mavelikkara (Malayalam: പോളച്ചിറക്കല് തരകന് Pōḷacciṛakkal Tharakkan) or the House of Polachirackal with family members titled as Mavelikkara Tharakan (Malayalam: മാവേലിക്കര തരകന് Māvēlikkara Tharakan) is an ancient Saint Thomas Christian noble Indian family of the erst-while Kingdom of Travancore aristocracy.".
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