List of Maharajas of Travancore

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'''Maharaja of Travancore''' was the principal title of the ruler of the [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]] in [[India]].

==Maharajas of Kingdom of Travancore==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Image
!Name
!Reign
|-
|[[File:Marthanda Vurmah Maha Rajah.png|150px]]
|Anizham Thirunal [[Marthanda Varma]] I
|1729–1758
|-
|[[File:Dharmaraja of Travancore.jpg|150px]]
|Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma I ([[Dharma Raja]])
|1758–1798
|-
|[[File:Bala Rama Vurmah Maha Rajah.png|150px]]
|Avittom Thirunal [[Balarama Varma]] I
|1798–1810
|-
|[[File:Sree Padmanabhasevini Maharani Gowri Lakshmi Bayi.jpg|150px]]
|Ayilyom Thirunal [[Gowri Lakshmi Bayi]]
|1810–1813 (Queen)<br /> 1813–1815 (Regent Queen)
|-
|[[File:Regent maharani Gowri Parvathi Bayi.jpg|150px]]
|Uthrittathi Thirunal [[Gowri Parvati Bayi]]
|1815–1829 (Regent Queen)
|-
|[[File:Swathi Thirunal of Travancore.jpg|150px]]
|[[Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma]] II
|1829–1846
|-
|[[File:Maharajah of Travancore 1847.jpg|150px]]
|[[Uthram Thirunal]] Marthanda Varma II
|1846–1860
|-
|[[File:Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma of Travancore 1875.jpg|150px]]
|[[Ayilyam Thirunal]] Rama Varma III
|1860–1880
|-
|[[File:Visakham Thirunal of Travancore 1868.jpg|150px]]
|[[Visakham Thirunal]] Rama Varma IV
|1880–1885
|-
|[[File:Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma of Travancore.jpg|150px]]
|[[Moolam Thirunal]] Rama Varma V
|1885–1924
|-
|[[File:SethuLakshmiBayi.jpg|150px]]
|Pooradam Thirunal [[Sethu Lakshmi Bayi]]
|1924–1931 (Regent Queen)
|-
|[[File:Sree Padmanabhadasa Maharaja Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma.jpg|150px]]
|[[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]] II
|1931–1971
|}

==Titular Maharaja==
After British India became independent as two dominions in 1947, Chithira Thirunal agreed to accede his state to the new Dominion of India. Travancore was united with the neighbouring Cochin state and Chithira Thirunal served as Rajpramukh of the Travancore-Cochin Union from 1 July 1949 to 31 October 1956, which was the entire duration of the existence of that political entity. On 1 November 1956, the state of Kerala was created by uniting the Malayalam-speaking areas of the Travancore-Cochin Union with those of neighbouring Madras State, and Sree Chithira Thirunal's office of Rajpramukh came to an end. On 28 December 1971, Chithira Thirunal lost his privy purse and other privileges when the Indian government derecognized the rulers of the erstwhile princely states. Since then the head of the [[Travancore royal family]] is the [[pretender]] to the abolished title. The titular Maharaja fulfils his duties as Maharaja of Travancore in rituals related to the [[Padmanabhaswamy Temple]]. In 2012, the High Court of Kerala in a judgement on ''[[Mujeeba Rahman vs the State Of Kerala]]'' stated that, 'though by the 26th amendment of 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.' So the titles were not abolished by the Government; only their political powers and right to receive Privy Purse were cancelled.<ref>{{cite news|last1=hanif|first1=mahir|title='His Highness' isn't unconstitutional: Kerala high court|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/His-Highness-isnt-unconstitutional-Kerala-high-court/articleshow/27492597.cms?intenttarget=no|accessdate=24 November 2014|issue=Kochi|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218055254/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/His-Highness-isnt-unconstitutional-Kerala-high-court/articleshow/27492597.cms|archivedate=18 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite court |litigants=[[Mujeeba Rahman vs State Of Kerala]]|vol= |reporter= |opinion= |pinpoint= |court=[[High Court of Kerala]]|date=22 October 2013|url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/81087819/|accessdate=28 April 2015|quote=}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Image
!Name
!Period
|-
|[[File:Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma.jpg|150px]]
|[[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]] II
|1971–1991
|-
|[[File:Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma.jpg|150px]]
|[[Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma]] III
|1991–2013
|-
|
|[[Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma]] VI
|2013 – present
|}

==See also==
*[[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]]
*[[Travancore royal family]]
*[[British Raj]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140103/news-current-affairs/article/moolam-thirunal-anointed-head-travancore-royal-house

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