VeluThampi was the Dalawa of Travancore
Velu Thampi was appointed as Mulakumadiseela
Karyakkar (Commercial minister in 1799 by
Balaramavarma)
In 1800 he became the Dalawa.
Velu Thampi introduced travelling courts in
Travancore.
On 11 January 1809 (1st Makaram 984) issued the
famous Kundara Proclamation indicting the British
rule and exhorting the people to rally under his
banner for a patriotic struggle against the foreigners.
He organised the Hajoor Kachery at Kollam.
Velu Thampi committed suicide in the house of the
Potti of the Bhagavati temple at Mannadi.
His relatives were deported to Maldives.
The oldest male member of the Paliyam family was
the hereditary Diwan of Cochin Raja.
Paliyat Achan revolted against the British in collaboration
with Velu Thampi. But he was finally
defeated and deported to Madras. Cochin became
a subsidiary state of the British in 1809.
The Kurichyas and Kurumbas of Wynad rose in
revolt against the British in 1812.
Kurichya Revolt was the last of the early revolts
broke out in Malabar against the British supremacy.
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