| Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma | |||||
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| Titular Maharajah of Travancore (monarchy abolished) | |||||
 Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma | |||||
| Reign | 1991–2013 | ||||
| Coronation | 1991 | ||||
| Predecessor | Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma | ||||
| Successor | Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma (titular) | ||||
| Born | 22 March 1922 Travancore | ||||
| Died | 16 December 2013 (aged 91) Thiruvananthapuram, India | ||||
| Spouse | Ammachi Panapillai Amma Srimathi Radhadevi Pandalai of Kayamkulam [1] | ||||
| Issue | Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and Parvati Devi Thankachi[2] | ||||
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| House | Venad Swaroopam | ||||
| Dynasty | Travancore royal family | ||||
| Father | Ravi Varma Kochu Koil Thampuran | ||||
| Mother | Queen Mother Moolam Thirunal Sethu Parvathi Bayi | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma (22 March 1922 – 16 December 2013) was the titular[3] Maharaja of Travancore.[4][5][6] He was the younger brother of the last ruling monarch of the Kingdom of Travancore, Maharajah Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma.
Named Heir Apparent from birth, as per the Travancore matrilineal law of succession, Sree Uthradom Thirunal joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at Bangalore in 1952, working there as a clerk and truck driver briefly to study the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional Boy Scout troop, and is also a patron of local hospitals and charities.[5]
He married Ammachi Panapillai Amma Shrimati Radhadevi Pandalai, the daughter of Lt. Col. Krishnan Gopinathan Pandalai, a medical doctor, military veteran, and superintendent of the Government General Hospital, Madras, from 1921 to 1935. The couple had a son, Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and a daughter, Parvathidevi Kochamma. Sree Uthradom Thirunal resided at Pattom Palace, Thiruvananthapuram until his death in 2013.[5]
- ^ The consort of the ruler was known as the Ammachi with the title of Panapillai Amma.
- ^ The male and female children born to the Maharajah were dignified with the honorific of Thampi and Thankachi respectively.
- ^ "Though by the 26th amendment to the Constitution, Article 363 was repealed whereby the rights and privileges of the rulers of Indian states were taken away, still the name and title of the rulers remained as such and unaffected in so far as names and titles were not contemplated as rights or privileges under the repealed Articles 291 and 362 of the Constitution."
- ^ Keleney, Anne (4 March 2014). "Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma: The Maharajah of Travancore". Independent. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Travancore bids adieu to its maharaja". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Titular Maharaja of Travancore passes away". Firstpost. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2021.