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Alappat Sreedhara Menon (18 December 1925 – 23 July 2010), known as A. Sreedhara Menon, was an Indian historian from Kerala. [1] He is best known as the State Editor (1958–68) of Kerala District Gazetteers (1961–1975). He served as registrar of the Kerala University from 1968 to 1977, before retiring in 1980. [2]
Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (Kerul Varma Pyche Rajah, Cotiote Rajah) (1753–1805) was the Prince Regent and the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Kottayam in Malabar, India between 1774 and 1805. He led the Pychy Rebellion (Wynaad Insurrection, Coiote War) against the English East India Company. He is popularly known as Kerala Simham (Lion of ...
The Keralolpathi covers the ancestry of the Namboodiri Brahmins and other castes of Kerala and is sometimes called the "Kerala Ulpathy". While the "Kerala Mahatmayam" deals with the origin of Kerala and its people alone, the Keralolpathi gives a history of Kerala down to the modern age, including reference to the British in Kerala.
A. Sreedhara Menon (2011). Kerala History and its Makers. DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-3782-5. A. Sreedhara Menon (1967). A Survey of Kerala History. Sahitya Pravarthaka / National Book Stall. OCLC 473514. B. CH. Chabra; N. Lakshminarayan Rao, eds. (1985). Epigraphia Indica (Volume 27). Manager of Publications, Delhi. Christophe Vielle (2011).
Vira Kerala was able to capture Kalkulam in July, 1677. [13] [14] [5] In 1678 the Senior Queen of Attingal died and Umayamma succeeded as Senior Queen of Attingal. She adopted a prince (Aditya Varma) and two princesses from the Kolathunad. Vira Kerala Varma was soon defeated by Umayamma at Nemam and Edakkode, and took up her quarters at Kalkkulam.
The district has a unique and eventful history starting from pre-historic times. During the early medieval period, the district was the home to two of the four major kingdoms that ruled Kerala. Perumpadappu was the original hometown of the Kingdom of Cochin , which is also known as Perumbadappu Swaroopam , and Nediyiruppu was the original ...
The Kingdom of Cochin or the Cochin State, named after its capital in the city of Kochi (Cochin), was a kingdom in the central part of present-day Kerala state.It originated in the early part of the 12th century and continued to rule until its accession to the Dominion of India in 1949.
[9] [10] [11] Even if the kings belonged to one religion, they employed people from other religions. The Muslims were a major financial power to be reckoned with in the old kingdoms of Kerala and had great political influence in the Hindu royal courts. [12] [13] There are a lot of instances of religious tolerance shown by the kings.