Travancore

Travancore was a state in Tamil south and Sri Lanka (South Asia) that lasted from 1729 to 1949 CE, about 220 years. Its people spoke Dravidian languages (Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam).

Marthanda Varma built Travancore out of the old Venad kingdom and beat the Dutch at Colachel in 1741. As a princely state it reached some of the highest literacy rates in India before merging into Travancore-Cochin in 1949.

See Travancore on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1729 to 1949 CE

Duration

220 years

Type

State

Region

Tamil south and Sri Lanka, South Asia

Language family

Dravidian

Capital

Padmanabhapuram, later Thiruvananthapuram

Came from

• Chera Perumals of Makotai c. 800 to 1124 CE

Became

• Tamil Nadu 1950 CE to the present

Events in South Asia during its time

• 1739 Nader Shah sacks Delhi
• 1757 Battle of Plassey
• 1761 Third Battle of Panipat
• 1857 Indian Rebellion
• 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre
• 1930 Gandhi's Salt March
• 1947 Independence and partition

Neighbours in South Asia

• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE
• British Raj 1858 to 1947 CE
• Republic of India 1947 CE to the present
• Ahom Kingdom 1228 to 1826 CE
• Kingdom of Mysore c. 1399 to 1950 CE
• Kingdom of Kandy 1469 to 1815 CE
• Kingdom of Nepal 1768 to 2008 CE
• Hyderabad State 1724 to 1948 CE
• Maratha Confederacy 1674 to 1818 CE
• Company rule in India 1757 to 1858 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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