Ramayyan Dalawa

Ramayyan
Ramayyan portrait with sword
Born1713
Yerwadi,Tirunelveli district Tamilnadu
Died1756
OccupationDewan of Travancore kingdom
TitleDalawa

[1])Ramayyan Dalawa was the Dalawa of Travancore state, India, during 1737 and 1756 and was responsible for the consolidation and expansion of that kingdom after the defeat of the Dutch at the 1741 Battle of Colachel during the reign of Maharajah Marthanda Varma, the creator of modern Travancore.

  1. ^ De Lannoy, Mark (1997). The Kulsekhara Perumals of Travancore: History and State Formation in Travancore from 1671 to 1758. Leiden University. p. 183. ISBN 978-90-73782-92-1.