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'''Travancore''' was a [[Princely states|princely state]] which was invaded by [[Tipu Sultan]] leading to the [[3rd Mysore War‏]].
The head of Government, until 1948, was the Diwan of Travancore - appointed by the Maharajah of Travancore.
==Also see==
*[[Tea Plantation]]
*[[Coffee Planting‎]]
*[[Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway|Travancore Railway]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travancore Travancore] Wikipedia<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travancore Travancore] Wikipedia<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madras_Prov_1859.gif Map of Travancore 1859] Wkipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madras_Prov_1859.gif Map of Travancore 1859] Wkipedia
*[http://www.csimichigan.org/Historyof_CKD.html History of CSI Central Kerala Diocese] by Rev. C. Y. Thomas. Includes a history of the Missions in Travancore and Cochin
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Diwans_of_Travancore List of Diwans of Travancore] Wikipedia
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080510151721/http://www.csimkd.org/MKD_Chapter1.htm History of CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese] by Rev. C. Y. Thomas. Includes a history of the Missions in Travancore and Cochin. Now an archived website
*[http://keralastatearchives.org/main1.htm Archives Department Government of Kerala] Records relating to the princely State of Travancore (AD1424-1885) are available at the Central Archives, Trivandrum
*[http://www.poabsestates.com/plantations/travancore/travancore-planting-history/ Planting History [Tea and Coffee, Central Travancore<nowiki>]</nowiki>] poabsestates.com
====Historical books online====
====Historical books online====
*Also see
**[[Directories online#Travancore| Directories online-Travancore]] and
**[[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online| Online books-Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]. Many of the books from this Digital Library are also available as mirror versions on the Internet Archive (Archive.org).
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorytravanc00menogoog#page/n7/mode/1upA ''History of Travancore from the Earliest Times'']  P. Shungoonny Menon 1878 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorytravanc00menogoog#page/n7/mode/1upA ''History of Travancore from the Earliest Times'']  P. Shungoonny Menon 1878 Archive.org
*[http://www.google.com/books?id=LDUBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Letters from Malabar by Jacob Canter Visscher (now first translated from the original Dutch) to which is added An Account of Travancore and Fra Bartolomeo’s Travels in that Country''] by Major Heber Drury 1862 Google Books
*[http://www.google.com/books?id=LDUBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Letters from Malabar by Jacob Canter Visscher (now first translated from the original Dutch) to which is added An Account of Travancore and Fra Bartolomeo’s Travels in that Country''] by Major Heber Drury 1862 Google Books
 
*[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofl00drurrich ''Reminiscences of Life and Sport in Southern India''] by Colonel Heber Drury, late Madras Staff Corps and Assistant Resident in Travancore and Cochin  1890 Archive.org
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*[http://archive.org/stream/travancorestate00aiyagoog#page/n10/mode/2up The Travancore State Manual Vol I] by V. Nagam Aiya 1906 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/stream/wideworldmagazin2022unse#page/n75/mode/2up "Trapping Wild Elephants in Travancore"] by Mrs O H Benley, of Trevandrum, Travancore, page 278 ''The  Wide World Magazine'' Vol XX, no 117  January 1908. Archive.org.
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31660 ''Letters From Malabar And On The Way'']  by Henry Bruce,  1909 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
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*[https://archive.org/details/dli.jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI3kZMy ''Travancore of To-Day''] by S Ramanath Aiyar 1920. Archive.org, mirror from Tamil Digital Library.




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Latest revision as of 13:47, 13 March 2021

Travancore
Presidency:
Coordinates: 8.433333°N, 76.916667°E
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Districts of Kerala
State/Province: Kerala
Country: India
Transport links

Travancore was a princely state which was invaded by Tipu Sultan leading to the 3rd Mysore War‏. The head of Government, until 1948, was the Diwan of Travancore - appointed by the Maharajah of Travancore.

Also see

External links

Historical books online