Great Hindu king Lion of kerala Pazhassi Raja defeat Muslim ruler Hyder Ali & Tipu Sultan army at Kottayam
Great Hindu king Lion of kerala Pazhassi Raja defeat Muslim ruler Hyder Ali & Tipu Sultan army at Kottayam :- Hyder ali & Tipu sultan was not great. Read it properly it open many lndian eyes . Pazhassi Raja was a member of the western branch of the Kottayam royal clan. When Hyder Ali of the Kingdom of Mysore occupied Malabar in 1773, the Raja of Kottayam found political asylum in Travancore. Pazhassi Raja, the fourth prince in line for succession to the throne during this period, became one of the de facto heads of state, surpassing several older royal contenders. He fought a war of resistance against the Mysorean army from 1774 to 1793. On account of his refusal to flee and due to his effective resistance to Mysoreans, he gained firm support of his subjects. In 1792, after the Third Anglo-Mysore War, the East India Company imposed control in Kottayam in violation of an earlier agreement of 1790 which had recognised its independence. Vira Varma, to whom Raja ...