Editing Travancore (section)

===Velu Thampi Dalawa's rebellion===

{{Main|Travancore Rebellion}}

[[File:A language map of India prepared for the missionary projects at Serampore, 1822.jpg|left|thumbnail|A language map of India prepared in 1822. Note that a major portion of Travancore was included in [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-spoken region.]]
On [[Dharma Raja]]'s death in 1798, [[Balarama Varma]] (1798–1810), the weakest ruler of the dynasty, took over at the age of sixteen. A treaty brought Travancore under a [[Subsidiary alliance]] with the East India Company in 1795.<ref name="Travancore 2011"/>

The Prime Ministers ([[Dewan|Dalawas]] or [[Dewan]]s) started to take control of the kingdom beginning with [[Velu Thampi Dalawa]] (Velayudhan Chempakaraman Thampi) (1799–1809) who was appointed as the ''divan'' following the dismissal of [[Jayanthan Sankaran Nampoothiri]] (1798–1799). Initially, [[Velayudhan Chempakaraman Thampi]] and the [[English East India Company]] got along very well. When a section of the Travancore army mutinied in 1805 against [[Velu Thampi Dalawa]], he sought refuge with the British Resident Colonel (later General) [[Colin Macaulay]] and later used [[English East India Company]] troops to crush the mutiny. Velu Thampi also played a key role in negotiating a new treaty between Travancore and the English East India Company. However, the demands of the East India Company for the payment of compensation for their involvement in the Travancore-Mysore War (1791) on behalf of Travancore, led to tension between the Diwan and Colonel Macaulay. Velu Thampi and the diwan of Cochin kingdom, [[Paliath Achan]] Govindan Menon, who was unhappy with Macaulay for granting asylum to his enemy Kunhi Krishna Menon, declared "war" on the East India Company. {{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

[[File:Adoption Durbar, Trivandrum.jpg|left|thumb|Adoption Durbar, Trivandrum]]

The East India Company army defeated Paliath Achan's army in Cochin on 27 February 1809. [[Paliath Achan]] surrendered to the East India Company and was exiled to [[Madras]] and later to [[Benaras]]. The Company defeated forces under [[Velu Thampi Dalawa]] at battles near Nagercoil and Kollam, and inflicted heavy casualties on the rebels, many of whom then deserted and went back home. The Maharajah of Travancore, who hitherto had not openly taken any part in the rebellion, now allied with the British and appointed one of Thampi's enemies as his prime minister. The allied East India Company army and the Travancore soldiers camped in Pappanamcode, just outside [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. Velu Thampi Dalawa now organised a guerrilla struggle against the company, but committed suicide to avoid capture by the Travancore army. After the mutiny of 1805 against Velu Thampi Dalawa, most of the Nair army battalions of Travancore were disbanded, and after Velu Thampi Dalawa's uprising, almost all of the remaining Travancore forces were also disbanded, with the East India Company undertaking to serve the Rajah in cases of external and internal aggression. {{citation needed|date=May 2016}}