TRAVANCORE (Princely State)

(19 gun salute)

AREA:  19,749 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 1,800,000R  ACCESSION:  1st July 1949
STATE:  Kerala  DYNASTY:  Cheraman (Kulashekhara)  RELIGION: 
     
PRESENT RULER: HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja MARTANDA VARMA V [Shri Uthradom Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung, 55th Maharaja of Travancore (1991/-) (Kaudiar Palace, Trivandrum 3, Kerala State, South India)
born 1922, graduate of the Travancore University, married HH Maharani Radha Devi, and has issue.
  • Gouri Parvathi Devi
  • Sri Padmanabha Varma
PREDECESSORS and SHORT HISTORY: Founded about 1100. Rulers since 1721 ...
  • Raja RAMA VARMA I 1721/1729
  • Raja Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala MARTANDA VARMA III 1729/1758, Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala [cr.1750], died 1758
  • Raja Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala RAMA VARMA II [Karthika Thirunal] 1758/1798
  • Raja Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala BALA RAMA VARMA I (nephew) 1798/1810, died 1810.
  • Rani Ghauri Lakshmi Bai 1810/1815 (regent), married Raja RAJA VARMA KOIL THAMPURAN of Changanassery, and had issue. She died 1815.
    • Raja Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala RAMA VARMA III [Swati Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung  (qv)
    • Raja Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala MARTANDA VARMA IV [Uthram Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung (qv)
    • Daughter, married and had issue.
      • HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja RAMA VARMA IV [Ayilyam Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung (qv)
      • HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja RAMA VARMA V [Visakham Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung (qv)
      • Daughter, married and had issue.
        • HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja BALA RAMA VARMA II [Mulam Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung (qv)
        • Daughter[?HH Rani Parvati Bai, born 1850], married and had issue.
          • Unknown, married and had issue.
            • HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja Sir BALA RAMA VARMA III [Shri Chitra Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung (qv)
            • HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja MARTANDA VARMA V [Shri Uthradom Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung (qv)
            • Gouri Lakshmi Bai, married and has issue.
              • Gouri Parvathy Bai
              • Gouri Lakshmi Bai, a graduate in economics, and is the author of five books including a detailed study of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple, married and has issue.
  • Rani Ghauri Parvati Bai 1815/1829  [regent]
  • Raja RAMA VARMA III [Swati Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung 1829/1846, born 16th April 1813, died 1846.
  • Raja MARTANDA VARMA IV [Uthram Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung 1846/1860, died 1860.
  • HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja RAMA VARMA IV [Ayilyam Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung 1860/1880, died 30th May 1880.
  • HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja RAMA VARMA V [Visakham Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung 1880/1885, born 1837, died 1885.
  • HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja BALA RAMA VARMA II [Mulam Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung 1885/1924, born 25th September 1857, married and had issue. He died 1924.
  • HH Maharani Setu Laksmi Bai 1924/1931 (Regent)
  • HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja Sir BALA RAMA VARMA III (1912-1991)HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja Sir BALA RAMA VARMA III [Shri Chitra Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung 1924/1991, born 7th November 1912, G.C.S.I. [cr.1946], G.C.I.E. [cr.1935], Rajpramukh of Travancore 1949/1956, Chancellor and Founder of Travancore University, Colonel-in-Chief of Travancore State Forces, Hon. Major-General in the British Army, died 1991.
  • HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja MARTANDA VARMA V [Shri Uthradom Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung 1991/- (see above)
 
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