Travancore

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former country princely state

Travancore was a prominent princely state in southern India, known for its progressive social reforms, high literacy, and significant role in the history of present-day Kerala.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Travancore canonical 12
Kingdom of Travancore 7
Princely State of Travancore 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former country ⓘ
princely state ⓘ
accessionDate 1949-07-01 ⓘ
alternativeName Travancore ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Travancore

Thiruvithamkoor ⓘ
borderedBy Arabian Sea ⓘ
Travancore-Cochin ⓘ
surface form: Cochin State

Madras Presidency ⓘ
capital Thiruvananthapuram ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currency Travancore rupee ⓘ
dynasty Travancore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: House of Travancore
educationPolicy state-supported mass education ⓘ
endTime 1949 ⓘ
event accession to the Dominion of India ⓘ
foundedBy Marthanda Varma ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion southern Kerala and parts of Kanyakumari district ⓘ
knownFor high literacy rates ⓘ
land reforms ⓘ
progressive social reforms ⓘ
public education initiatives ⓘ
temple entry proclamation ⓘ
lastRuler Maharaja of Travancore ⓘ
surface form: Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
locatedIn South India ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
surface form: present-day Kerala
majorPort Alappuzha ⓘ
Kollam ⓘ
mergedInto Travancore-Cochin ⓘ
motto “Dharmam Sharanam Gachhami” (attributed historically) ⓘ
notableRuler Maharaja of Travancore ⓘ
surface form: Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

Maharaja of Travancore ⓘ
surface form: Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma

Marthanda Varma ⓘ
Maharaja of Travancore ⓘ
surface form: Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
officialLanguage Malayalam ⓘ
partOf British India ⓘ
politicalStatus princely state under British paramountcy ⓘ
region Malabar Coast ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
religiousCenter Padmanabhaswamy Temple ⓘ
rulerTitle Maharaja of Travancore ⓘ
socialReform Temple Entry Proclamation of 1936 ⓘ
abolition of many caste disabilities ⓘ
startTime 1729 ⓘ
stateDeity Padmanabhaswamy Temple ⓘ
surface form: Padmanabhaswamy (Vishnu)
successor Travancore-Cochin ⓘ
state of Kerala ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian princely states → largeState → Travancore ⓘ
Travancore → alternativeName → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Travancore
Travancore → dynasty → Travancore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Travancore
C. P. Ramaswami Iyer → positionHeld → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dewan of Travancore
C. P. Ramaswami Iyer → workLocation → Travancore ⓘ
"The Epic of Travancore" → mainSubject → Travancore ⓘ
subject surface form: The Epic of Travancore
"The Epic of Travancore" → about → Travancore ⓘ
subject surface form: The Epic of Travancore
this entity surface form: princely state of Travancore
"The Epic of Travancore" → placeOfFocus → Travancore ⓘ
subject surface form: The Epic of Travancore
Travancore-Cochin → precededBy → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Travancore
Travancore-Cochin → formedByMergerOf → Travancore ⓘ
Alappuzha → partOf → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Travancore region (historical)
Kollam → region → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Travancore region
Kingdom of Cochin → borderedBy → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Travancore
Tipu Sultan → opponent → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Travancore
Devalokam, Kottayam → region → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Travancore area of Kerala
Mysore under Tipu Sultan → opponent → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Travancore
Kottayam → locatedInRegion → Travancore ⓘ
Karnataka and Kerala → hasRegion → Travancore ⓘ
subject surface form: Kerala
Zamorin of Calicut → conflictWith → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Travancore
Thiruvithamkoor → alsoKnownAs → Travancore ⓘ
Travancore rupee → usedIn → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Travancore
Travancore rupee → usedIn → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princely state of Travancore
Travancore rupee → currencyOf → Travancore ⓘ
Travancore rupee → associatedWith → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Travancore princely administration
Travancore rupee → monetaryAuthority → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Travancore state government
Maharaja of Travancore → country → Travancore ⓘ
Maharaja of Travancore → appliesToJurisdiction → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princely State of Travancore
Marthanda Varma → countryRuled → Travancore ⓘ
Padmanabhaswamy Temple → associatedWith → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Travancore kingdom
Temple Entry Proclamation of 1936 → country → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princely State of Travancore
Temple Entry Proclamation of 1936 → appliesToJurisdiction → Travancore ⓘ
Temple Entry Proclamation of 1936 → location → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Travancore (present-day Kerala, India)
Temple Entry Proclamation of 1936 → implementedBy → Travancore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Travancore state administration