Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma | |
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Maharaja of Travancore | |
Reign | 18 August 1860 – 30 May 1880 |
Predecessor | Uthram Thirunal |
Successor | Visakham Thirunal |
Born | 14 March 1832 |
Died | 30 May 1880 (aged 48) |
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House | Venad Swaroopam |
Dynasty | Kulasekhara |
Father | Punartham Thirunal Rama Varma Koil Thampuran |
Mother | Gowri Rukmini Bayi |
Religion | Hinduism |
Sir Sri Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma IV GCSI CIE (1832–1880) reigned as Maharaja of Travancore from 1860 to 1880. His reign was highly successful, with Travancore, gaining the appellation of "model state of India", with such celebrated administrators as Raja Sir T. Madhava Rao and Sir A. Seshayya Sastri serving him as Diwans.
Ayilyam Thirunal was the nephew of his predecessors Uthram Thirunal and Swathi Thirunal, and the grandson of Maharani-Regent Gowri Lakshmi Bayi; he was succeeded by his brother, Visakham Thirunal.