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'''Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma''' (22 March 1922 – 16 December 2013) was the titular<ref>"Though by the 26th amendment to the Constitution, Article 363 was repealed whereby the rights and privileges of the rulers of Indian states were taken away, still the name and title of the rulers remained as such and unaffected in so far as names and titles were not contemplated as rights or privileges under the repealed Articles 291 and 362 of the Constitution."</ref> [[Travancore royal family|Maharaja of Travancore]]. He was the younger brother of the last ruling monarch of the [[Kingdom of Travancore]], [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma|Maharajah Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]]. | '''Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma''' (22 March 1922 – 16 December 2013) was the titular<ref>"Though by the 26th amendment to the Constitution, Article 363 was repealed whereby the rights and privileges of the rulers of Indian states were taken away, still the name and title of the rulers remained as such and unaffected in so far as names and titles were not contemplated as rights or privileges under the repealed Articles 291 and 362 of the Constitution."</ref> [[Travancore royal family|Maharaja of Travancore]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keleney |first1=Anne |title=Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma: The Maharajah of Travancore |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/uthradom-thirunal-marthanda-varma-maharajah-travancore-9169048.html |access-date=2 September 2021 |agency=Independent |date=4 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="Times Of India"></ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Titular Maharaja of Travancore passes away |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/titular-maharaja-of-travancore-passes-away-1288711.html |access-date=2 September 2021 |agency=Firstpost |date=16 December 2013}}</ref> He was the younger brother of the last ruling monarch of the [[Kingdom of Travancore]], [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma|Maharajah Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]]. | ||
Named [[Heir Apparent]] from birth, as per the [[Travancore]] matrilineal law of succession, he joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at [[Bangalore]] in 1952, working there as a clerk and truck driver briefly to study the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional Boy Scout troop, and is also a patron of local hospitals and charities.<ref name="Times Of India">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/thiruvananthapuram/45294183_1_sree-padmanabha-swamy-maharaja-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219035652/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/thiruvananthapuram/45294183_1_sree-padmanabha-swamy-maharaja-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 December 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Travancore bids adieu to its maharaja |access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref> | Named [[Heir Apparent]] from birth, as per the [[Travancore]] matrilineal law of succession, he joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at [[Bangalore]] in 1952, working there as a clerk and truck driver briefly to study the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional Boy Scout troop, and is also a patron of local hospitals and charities.<ref name="Times Of India">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/thiruvananthapuram/45294183_1_sree-padmanabha-swamy-maharaja-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219035652/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/thiruvananthapuram/45294183_1_sree-padmanabha-swamy-maharaja-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 December 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Travancore bids adieu to its maharaja |access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:Radha Devi.png|thumbnail|left|The consort of Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma]] | [[File:Radha Devi.png|thumbnail|left|The consort of Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma]] | ||
Sree Uthradom Thirunal joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at [[Bangalore]] in 1952, working there and also studying the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional [[Boy Scout]] troop, and was also a patron of local hospitals and charities. He married [[Ammachi Panapillai Amma]] Srimathi Radhadevi Pandalai of Kayamkulam,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Krishnan Gopinathan Pandalai. He has a son, Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and a daughter, Parvathi Devi Thankachi. Uthradom Thirunal resided at Pattom Palace, Trivandrum. A vegetarian and teetotaller, he did not drink coffee or tea or smoke. He won several trophies as an amateur horse rider. He played tennis, hockey, golf, football and polo. He learned photography in 1934 when his brother Sree Chithira Thirunal Bala Rama Varma Maharaja gave him a Rolleiflex camera, and built up a collection of about 5,000 negatives. He drove a lot,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Telegraph|first1=The|title=Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10528924/Sree-Uthradom-Thirunal-Marthanda-Varma-obituary.html|access-date=28 November 2014|date=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=INDIAN EXPRESS|first1=THE NEW|title=An Avid Shutterbug, Driving Enthusiast, Sanskrit Scholar|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/An-Avid-Shutterbug-Driving-Enthusiast-Sanskrit-Scholar/2013/12/17/article1949554.ece|access-date=28 November 2014|agency=Express News Service|issue=THIRUVANANTHAPURAM}}</ref> and won several medals from the Benz company at Stuttgart. | Sree Uthradom Thirunal joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at [[Bangalore]] in 1952, working there and also studying the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional [[Boy Scout]] troop, and was also a patron of local hospitals and charities. He married [[Ammachi Panapillai Amma]] Srimathi Radhadevi Pandalai of Kayamkulam,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Krishnan Gopinathan Pandalai. He has a son, Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and a daughter, Parvathi Devi Thankachi. Uthradom Thirunal resided at Pattom Palace, Trivandrum. A [[vegetarian]] and teetotaller, he did not drink [[coffee]] or tea or smoke. He won several trophies as an amateur horse rider. He played tennis, hockey, golf, football and polo. He learned photography in 1934 when his brother Sree Chithira Thirunal Bala Rama Varma Maharaja gave him a Rolleiflex camera, and built up a collection of about 5,000 negatives. He drove a lot,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Telegraph|first1=The|title=Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10528924/Sree-Uthradom-Thirunal-Marthanda-Varma-obituary.html|access-date=28 November 2014|date=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=INDIAN EXPRESS|first1=THE NEW|title=An Avid Shutterbug, Driving Enthusiast, Sanskrit Scholar|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/An-Avid-Shutterbug-Driving-Enthusiast-Sanskrit-Scholar/2013/12/17/article1949554.ece|access-date=28 November 2014|agency=Express News Service|issue=THIRUVANANTHAPURAM}}</ref> and won several medals from the Benz company at Stuttgart. | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||