https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Rama_Varma_VIII 2026-09-07T01:06:05Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rama_Varma_VIII&diff=50962&oldid=prev 2019-09-30T05:25:26Z

<p><span class="autocomment">References: </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Monkbot/task_16:_remove_replace_deprecated_dead-url_params&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Monkbot/task 16: remove replace deprecated dead-url params (page does not exist)">Task 16</a>: replaced (1×) / removed (0×) deprecated |dead-url= and |deadurl= with |url-status=;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Refimprove|date = January 2015}}&#039;&#039;&#039;Rama Varma VIII&#039;&#039;&#039; (died 16 August 1790) was an [[India]]n [[monarch]] who ruled the [[Kingdom of Cochin]] from 1775 until his death in 1790.<br /> <br /> == Reign ==<br /> Rama Varma VIII was the younger brother of [[Kerala Varma II]] and succeeded the latter to the throne on his death in 1775. Rama Varma VIII scarcely commanded any authority during his reign as the kingdom was largely a puppet state under the suzerainty of [[Hyder Ali of Mysore]]. During Rama Varma&#039;s reign, the Muslim general Sardar Khan captured the city of [[Cochin]] and established his residence at [[Thrissur]].<br /> <br /> Rama Varma VIII succumbed to an [[epidemic]] of [[small pox]] on 16 August 1790 and was succeeded to the throne by his nephew [[Rama Varma IX]].<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> * {{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html#Kochin|title=List of rulers of Kochin|publisher=worldstatesmen.org}}<br /> * {{cite book| title=History of Cochin| url=http://www.corporationofcochin.net/Cochin.pdf| pages=8| publisher=corporationofcochin| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229045823/http://www.corporationofcochin.net/Cochin.pdf| archivedate=29 December 2009| df=dmy-all}}<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-reg}}<br /> {{s-bef|before=[[Kerala Varma II]]}}<br /> {{s-ttl|title=[[Kingdom of Cochin|Maharaja of Cochin]]|years=1775–1790}}<br /> {{s-aft|after=[[Rama Varma IX]]}}<br /> {{s-end}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Varma, Rama, 8}}<br /> [[Category:1790 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Rulers of Cochin]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth unknown]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-royal-stub}}</div>

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