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	\| date = 18 December, 1808 - 19 January, 1809		\| date = 18 December, 1808 – 19 January, 1809<br>({{Age in years, months and days\|1808\|12\|18\|1809\|01\|19}})
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	\| result = ~~Decisive~~ British victory		\| result = British victory
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	The '''Travancore rebellion''' against the British [[East India Company]] was led by the prime ministers of the Indian states of [[Travancore]] and [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] in 1808–09.		The '''Travancore rebellion''' against the British [[East India Company]] was led by the prime ministers of the Indian states of [[Travancore]] and [[Kingdom of Cochin\|Cochin]] in 1808–09 with support from [[Sikhs]] ruling Punjab.<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VkxDAAAAYAAJ&q=journal+of+kerala+studies+pathan+n%C4%81yars+sikh \|title=Journal of Kerala Studies \|date=1978 \|publisher=University of Kerala. \|language=en}}</ref>

	== Background ==		== Background ==
	The East India Company–Travancore Subsidiary Alliance Treaty of 1795 established a [[subsidiary alliance]] between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Travancore. Under the treaty, the Company was to maintain a subsidiary military force in or near Travancore to defensively aid the kingdom from foreign powers, and the maintenance costs would be paid by the government of Travancore. The Company intervened during the Mysorean invasion on behalf of its ally Travancore in 1789, and defeated [[Kingdom of Mysore\|Mysore]] in the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]. <ref> Pages 389-400, The Travancore State Manual, V. Nagyam Aiya, 1906, Travancore government Press</ref> <ref>Pages 225-239, A history of Travancore from the earliest times, P. Shungoony Menon, 1878, published by Higginbotham and Co, Madras</ref> Following the death of the Maharajah Dharma Raja, the next ruler Balarama Varma was weak and his ministers started having a greater say in the running of the country and became the ''de facto'' rulers of the state.<ref>page 337, A survey of Kerala History, Prof. A Sreedhara Menon, published by S.viswananthan Printers and Publishers, Madras, 1996</ref> Following a [[Nair revolt of 1804\|revolt by a section of the Tranvancorean army]] and an attempt on the life of the [[Dalawa of Travancore\|Dalawa]] [[Velu Thampi Dalawa\|Velu Thampi]] in 1804, the Company's troops, at the behest of the Dalawa himself, initially protected the Dalawa and then later, put down the revolt. [[East India Company–Travancore Friendship and Alliance Treaty\|A further treaty in July 1805]] replaced Travancore's military obligations with an additional subsidy of 401,655 [[Travancore rupee\|rupees]] and a financial obligation to bear a proportion of any further costs incurred in defending the state.{{cn\|date=August 2015}}		The East India Company–Travancore Subsidiary Alliance Treaty of 1795 established a [[subsidiary alliance]] between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Travancore. Under the treaty, the Company was to maintain a subsidiary military force in or near Travancore to defensively aid the kingdom from foreign powers, and the maintenance costs would be paid by the government of Travancore. The Company intervened during the Mysorean invasion on behalf of its ally Travancore in 1789, and defeated [[Kingdom of Mysore\|Mysore]] in the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]].<ref> Pages 389-400, The Travancore State Manual, V. Nagyam Aiya, 1906, Travancore government Press</ref><ref>Pages 225-239, A history of Travancore from the earliest times, P. Shungoony Menon, 1878, published by Higginbotham and Co, Madras</ref> Following the death of the Maharajah Dharma Raja, the next ruler Balarama Varma was weak and his ministers started having a greater say in the running of the country and became the ''de facto'' rulers of the state.<ref>page 337, A survey of Kerala History, Prof. A Sreedhara Menon, published by S.viswananthan Printers and Publishers, Madras, 1996</ref> Following a [[Nair revolt of 1804\|revolt by a section of the Tranvancorean army]] and an attempt on the life of the [[Dalawa of Travancore\|Dalawa]] [[Velu Thampi Dalawa\|Velu Thampi]] in 1804, the Company's troops, at the behest of the Dalawa himself, initially protected the Dalawa and then later, put down the revolt. [[East India Company–Travancore Friendship and Alliance Treaty\|A further treaty in July 1805]] replaced Travancore's military obligations with an additional subsidy of 401,655 [[Travancore rupee\|rupees]] and a financial obligation to bear a proportion of any further costs incurred in defending the state.{{cn\|date=August 2015}}

	In 1806, the [[Maharaja of Travancore]] did not have the funds to pay the additional subsidy in full. The Company remitted half of the subsidy for two years, so that the king could make military budget cuts to raise the funds to pay it in full afterwards. In 1807, the king still lacked the funds to pay the subsidy in full, requested permanent remission of half of the subsidy, and also requested that future payments .{{clarify\|date=January 2019}} The British [[Resident (title)\|Resident]] at Travancore, [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Colin Macaulay]], insisted on prompt payment of the arrears, which amounted to 662,669 rupees, and demanded military reduction and the disbandment Travancore's [[Carnatic Brigade]] to raise the money. The king insisted on retaining the corps. The Company intended to [[bankruptcy discharge\|discharge]] the unremitted half of the subsidy, and the entirety of it from 1807. [[Dalawa of Travancore\|Dalawa]] [[Velu Thampi Dalawa\|Velu Thampi]] claimed that the requirement of the additional subsidy was a product of extortion. In 1808, he and the king asked for the additional subsidy to be relinquished entirely.{{cn\|date=August 2015}}		In 1806, the [[Maharaja of Travancore]] did not have the funds to pay the additional subsidy in full. The Company remitted half of the subsidy for two years, so that the king could make military budget cuts to raise the funds to pay it in full afterwards. In 1807, the king still lacked the funds to pay the subsidy in full, requested permanent remission of half of the subsidy, and also requested that future payments.{{clarify\|date=January 2019}} The British [[Resident (title)\|Resident]] at Travancore, [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Colin Macaulay]], insisted on prompt payment of the arrears, which amounted to 662,669 rupees, and demanded military reduction and the disbandment Travancore's [[Carnatic Brigade]] to raise the money. The king insisted on retaining the corps. The Company intended to [[bankruptcy discharge\|discharge]] the unremitted half of the subsidy, and the entirety of it from 1807. [[Dalawa of Travancore\|Dalawa]] [[Velu Thampi Dalawa\|Velu Thampi]] claimed that the requirement of the additional subsidy was a product of extortion. In 1808, he and the king asked for the additional subsidy to be relinquished entirely.{{cn\|date=August 2015}}

	Resident Macaulay attributed the government's refusal to pay the subsidy by making military cuts to Dalawa Velu Thampi, and said that the king was satisfied with the subsidiary arrangements. After the dalawa received a letter from [[Governor of Madras\|Governor]] [[Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet\|George Barlow]] of [[Madras Presidency\|Madras]], he appeared happy, apologised to the resident for delaying the payment of the subsidy, and arranged for the payment to be made in installments. However, when the payments stopped after 60,000 rupees, with over 800,000 still unpaid, the resident suggested to the king that Velu Thampi be replaced as the Dalawa of Travancore.{{cn\|date=August 2015}} The king in turn requested the Madras Presidency to replace Macaulay as the Resident of Travancore.{{cn\|date=August 2015}}		Resident Macaulay attributed the government's refusal to pay the subsidy by making military cuts to Dalawa Velu Thampi, and said that the king was satisfied with the subsidiary arrangements. After the dalawa received a letter from [[Governor of Madras\|Governor]] [[Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet\|George Barlow]] of [[Madras Presidency\|Madras]], he appeared happy, apologised to the resident for delaying the payment of the subsidy, and arranged for the payment to be made in installments. However, when the payments stopped after 60,000 rupees, with over 800,000 still unpaid, the resident suggested to the king that Velu Thampi be replaced as the Dalawa of Travancore.{{cn\|date=August 2015}} The king in turn requested the Madras Presidency to replace Macaulay as the Resident of Travancore.{{cn\|date=August 2015}}
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	The casualties of 1/17th MNI were ten privates killed and 45 wounded in addition to Captain John Reid, who later died of his wounds.{{cn\|date=August 2015}} For the gallant defence, the battalion was later awarded the [[Battle Honour]] of "Cochin".{{sfn\|Cook\|1987}}		The casualties of 1/17th MNI were ten privates killed and 45 wounded in addition to Captain John Reid, who later died of his wounds.{{cn\|date=August 2015}} For the gallant defence, the battalion was later awarded the [[Battle Honour]] of "Cochin".{{sfn\|Cook\|1987}}

	The British troops defeated the rebels in another battle at [[Quilon]]. In the meantime, following Thampi's [[Kundara Proclamation]] on 11 January 1809, some British civilians and their native supporters were executed by the rebels in Travancore. In mid-January, the British assembled a force of 3000 in the south of Travancore to relieve pressure on Lieutenant Colonel Chalmers’ force and under Colonel [[Arthur St Leger (soldier)\|St. Leger]], it entered Travancore via the [[Aramboly]] Pass and occupied the [[Aramboly Fort\|fortress]] there.{{cn\|date=August 2015}}		The British troops defeated the rebels in another battle at [[Quilon]]. In the meantime, following Thampi's [[Kundara Proclamation]] on 11 January 1809, some British civilians and their native supporters were executed by the rebels in Travancore. In mid-January, the British assembled a force of 3000 in the south of Travancore to relieve pressure on Lieutenant Colonel Chalmers’ force and under Colonel [[Arthur St Leger (soldier)\|St. Leger]], it entered Travancore via the [[Aramboly]] Pass and occupied the [[Aramboly Fort\|fortress]] there.{{cn\|date=August 2015}} 100 Sikh soldiers were commanded under Jarnail (General) Sadhu Singh Chauhan and were able to hold the British soldiers long enough till a collaborated massacre of British soldiers happened, it is known as the [[Massacre of Aramboly]].

	On 19 February 1809, the strategic forts of [[Udayagiri Fort\|Udayagiri]] and [[Padmanabhapuram]] fell to the British. The army marched to [[Trivandrum]], the capital of Travancore and camped at the suburb of [[Pappanamcode]], while another force entered Cochin and chased away the remaining rebels.{{cn\|date=August 2015}}		On 19 February 1809, the strategic forts of [[Udayagiri Fort\|Udayagiri]] and [[Padmanabhapuram]] fell to the British. The army marched to [[Trivandrum]], the capital of Travancore and camped at the suburb of [[Pappanamcode]], while another force entered Cochin and chased away the remaining rebels.{{cn\|date=August 2015}}

	The Rajas of both the states had not openly supported the rebels and at these turn of events, the Maharaja of Travancore defected to the East India company and appointed a new Dalawa. Following a severe defeat at Cochin, Paliath Achan, the Dalawa of Cochin, defected from the anti-British alliance on 27 February 1809. The Maharajah issued an order for the arrest of Velu Thampi, who was run to the ground by the Maharajah's soldiers at Mannadi. Velu Thampi committed suicide to avoid capture and with his death the rebellion ended.{{sfn\|Alappat\|1967}}		The Rajas of both the states had not openly supported the rebels and at these turn of events, the Maharaja of Travancore defected to the East India company and appointed a new Dalawa. Following a severe defeat at Cochin, Paliath Achan, the Dalawa of Cochin, defected from the anti-British alliance on 27 February 1809. The Maharajah issued an order for the arrest of Velu Thampi, who was run to the ground by the Maharajah's soldiers at Mannadi. Velu Thampi committed suicide to avoid capture, and with his death, the rebellion promptly ended.{{sfn\|Alappat\|1967}}

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The '''Travancore rebellion''' against the British [[East India Company]] was led by the prime ministers of the Indian states of [[Travancore]] and [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]] in 1808–09.

== Background ==
The East India Company–Travancore Subsidiary Alliance Treaty of 1795 established a [[subsidiary alliance]] between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Travancore. Under the treaty, the Company was to maintain a subsidiary military force in or near Travancore to defensively aid the kingdom from foreign powers, and the maintenance costs would be paid by the government of Travancore. The Company intervened during the Mysorean invasion on behalf of its ally Travancore in 1789, and defeated [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] in the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]. <ref> Pages 389-400, The Travancore State Manual, V. Nagyam Aiya, 1906, Travancore government Press</ref> <ref>Pages 225-239, A history of Travancore from the earliest times, P. Shungoony Menon, 1878, published by Higginbotham and Co, Madras</ref> Following the death of the Maharajah Dharma Raja, the next ruler Balarama Varma was weak and his ministers started having a greater say in the running of the country and became the ''de facto'' rulers of the state.<ref>page 337, A survey of Kerala History, Prof. A Sreedhara Menon, published by S.viswananthan Printers and Publishers, Madras, 1996</ref> Following a [[Nair revolt of 1804|revolt by a section of the Tranvancorean army]] and an attempt on the life of the [[Dalawa of Travancore|Dalawa]] [[Velu Thampi Dalawa|Velu Thampi]] in 1804, the Company's troops, at the behest of the Dalawa himself, initially protected the Dalawa and then later, put down the revolt. [[East India Company–Travancore Friendship and Alliance Treaty|A further treaty in July 1805]] replaced Travancore's military obligations with an additional subsidy of 401,655 [[Travancore rupee|rupees]] and a financial obligation to bear a proportion of any further costs incurred in defending the state.{{cn|date=August 2015}}

In 1806, the [[Maharaja of Travancore]] did not have the funds to pay the additional subsidy in full. The Company remitted half of the subsidy for two years, so that the king could make military budget cuts to raise the funds to pay it in full afterwards. In 1807, the king still lacked the funds to pay the subsidy in full, requested permanent remission of half of the subsidy, and also requested that future payments .{{clarify|date=January 2019}} The British [[Resident (title)|Resident]] at Travancore, [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Colin Macaulay]], insisted on prompt payment of the arrears, which amounted to 662,669 rupees, and demanded military reduction and the disbandment Travancore's [[Carnatic Brigade]] to raise the money. The king insisted on retaining the corps. The Company intended to [[bankruptcy discharge|discharge]] the unremitted half of the subsidy, and the entirety of it from 1807. [[Dalawa of Travancore|Dalawa]] [[Velu Thampi Dalawa|Velu Thampi]] claimed that the requirement of the additional subsidy was a product of extortion. In 1808, he and the king asked for the additional subsidy to be relinquished entirely.{{cn|date=August 2015}}

Resident Macaulay attributed the government's refusal to pay the subsidy by making military cuts to Dalawa Velu Thampi, and said that the king was satisfied with the subsidiary arrangements. After the dalawa received a letter from [[Governor of Madras|Governor]] [[Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet|George Barlow]] of [[Madras Presidency|Madras]], he appeared happy, apologised to the resident for delaying the payment of the subsidy, and arranged for the payment to be made in installments. However, when the payments stopped after 60,000 rupees, with over 800,000 still unpaid, the resident suggested to the king that Velu Thampi be replaced as the Dalawa of Travancore.{{cn|date=August 2015}} The king in turn requested the Madras Presidency to replace Macaulay as the Resident of Travancore.{{cn|date=August 2015}}

The Dalawa of Cochin, [[Paliath Achan]], harboured discontent for Macaulay over the resident's friendship with his sworn enemy, [[Kunhikrishna Menon]] of [[Nadavarambu]], the [[finance minister]] of Cochin. He suggested to Velu Thampi that the resident be assassinated by military force. Velu Thampi accepted and prepared for battle, organising and training a group of Travancori [[sepoy]]s.{{cn|date=August 2015}} He held secret meetings with the [[United States|Americans]], the [[Kingdom of Calicut|Calicutites]] and the [[First French Empire|French]], the latter of whom gave assurances of military support from [[Mauritius]], including 500 artillerymen to land on the Malabar coast in January 1809.{{cn|date=August 2015}}

== Course ==
On 18 December 1808, open rebellion broke out in Travancore and Cochin. At midnight, the Resident's house in Cochin was stormed, though Colonel Macaulay and Kunhikrishana Menon managed to escape. The British garrison in Cochin, under Lieutenant Colonel [[John Chalmers (soldier)|John Chalmers]], found itself under attack by thousands of militia as well as the state forces of Travancore. Reinforcements. including the [[1st Battalion 17th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry]] (1/17th MNI) were dispatched from [[Madras]] and arrived in Cochin in early January 1809.{{sfn|Ahmad|Ahmed|2006|pp=21-2}}

On 19 January 1809, a large force of rebels attacked the town of Cochin, which was being defended by six companies of 1/17th MNI and fifty men of the [[12th Regiment of Foot]] under the command of Major [[William Henry Hewitt|W. H. Hewitt]] of 1/17th MNI. Major Hewitt and his men repulsed the attack after a gallant and skilful defence.{{sfn|Ahmad|Ahmed|2006|pp=21-2}} In a dispatch to the Resident, Major Hewitt described the action:
<blockquote>... the detachment HM's 12th Regiment, and the six companies 1st Battalion 17th Regiment under my command, were attacked by three columns of the enemy on three different points about 6 o’clock this morning, and after a very severe engagement of three hours, we repulsed them on all sides with considerable slaughter, and captured their two guns ... from what I could observe in the field of action, the enemy's forces appeared about 3000 excellent disciplined troops, but from what I can collect from report, they amounted to much more.{{sfn|Wilson|1883|pp=208-10}}</blockquote>

In a second dispatch, Hewitt gave more details of the action:
<blockquote>... the enemy advanced along the glaces in sub-divisions in most perfect order, with a six pounder in front of their centre ... a four pounder flanking us ... I drew my party up under cover of a small part of the [[Glacis|glaces]], and at the distance of thirty paces gave them a volley of musketry, and charged them with the bayonet, they gave us two rounds from the gun, some from their fire locks and ran away.'' This disposed off the first column. The other two columns captured the fort, and ''... I despatched Captain Jones with a company to take them on their right flank, (which he did with great value) ... they ran in all directions ... their loss amounts in killed and wounded to about 300 men.{{sfn|Ahmad|Ahmed|2006|pp=21-2}}</blockquote>

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The casualties of 1/17th MNI were ten privates killed and 45 wounded in addition to Captain John Reid, who later died of his wounds.{{cn|date=August 2015}} For the gallant defence, the battalion was later awarded the [[Battle Honour]] of "Cochin".{{sfn|Cook|1987}}

The British troops defeated the rebels in another battle at [[Quilon]]. In the meantime, following Thampi's [[Kundara Proclamation]] on 11 January 1809, some British civilians and their native supporters were executed by the rebels in Travancore. In mid-January, the British assembled a force of 3000 in the south of Travancore to relieve pressure on Lieutenant Colonel Chalmers’ force and under Colonel [[Arthur St Leger (soldier)|St. Leger]], it entered Travancore via the [[Aramboly]] Pass and occupied the [[Aramboly Fort|fortress]] there.{{cn|date=August 2015}}

On 19 February 1809, the strategic forts of [[Udayagiri Fort|Udayagiri]] and [[Padmanabhapuram]] fell to the British. The army marched to [[Trivandrum]], the capital of Travancore and camped at the suburb of [[Pappanamcode]], while another force entered Cochin and chased away the remaining rebels.{{cn|date=August 2015}}

The Rajas of both the states had not openly supported the rebels and at these turn of events, the Maharaja of Travancore defected to the East India company and appointed a new Dalawa. Following a severe defeat at Cochin, Paliath Achan, the Dalawa of Cochin, defected from the anti-British alliance on 27 February 1809. The Maharajah issued an order for the arrest of Velu Thampi, who was run to the ground by the Maharajah's soldiers at Mannadi. Velu Thampi committed suicide to avoid capture and with his death the rebellion ended.{{sfn|Alappat|1967}}

== See also ==
* [[Attingal Outbreak]] (1721)
* [[Cotiote War]] (1792–1806)
* [[Early resistance to British rule in Malabar]] (1792–1812)

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book
| last1=Ahmad
| first=Rifat Nadeem
| last2=Ahmed
| first2=Rafiuddin
| date=2006
| title=Unfaded Glory: The 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956
| location=[[Abbottabad]]
| publisher=The [[Baloch Regimental Centre]]
}}
* {{cite book
| last=Alappat
| first=Sreedhara Menon
| authorlink=A. Sreedhara Menon
| title=A Survey of Kerala History
| date=1967
| publisher=[[Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham]]
| location=Madras
}}
* {{cite book
| last=Cook
| first=H.C.B.
| year=1987
| title=The Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1662-1982
| location=London
| publisher=Leo Cooper
}}
* {{cite book
| last=Wilson
| first=Lt Col WJ.
| date=1883
| title=History of the Madras Army
| volume=3
| url=https://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar01wilsgoog
| location=Madras
| publisher=The Government Press
}}

== Further reading ==
*{{cite book |url=http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4286&context=etd |pages=141–142 |title=The Foundation of British: National Identity and the British Common Soldier |first=Steven |last=Schwamenfeld |year=2006}}

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