Veluthampi Dalawa
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Submitted by UMAMAHESWARI on Sun, 2007-01-21 20:11. Personalities
“A man of extraordinary ability and talents strong passions and quick sensibility and was amazingly bold and daring” remarked Kottarathil Shangoonny Menon, on Veluthampi Dalawa. Born to Valiyaveettil Valliyyammapilla Thankachi, and Manakkara Kunjumayitti Pilla, in 1765, at Thalakkulam Veluthampi was an exponent, in martial arts. He led a disciplined life.
He proved his ability as the kariakar, and mulkumadisela sarvadhikariakar, and the Dewan Chirayinkizh Ayyappan Chempa Raman Pillai need not think twice for appointing him as his successor. Veluthampi could put an end to corruption and injustice. He launched touring court. The team traveled, from place to place hearing grievances and pronouncing immediate judgments. On one such journey the team identified Pathiramanalpuram a fertile island, amidst the backwaters near Alappuzha. The punishment was severe and many regarded him as a cruel Dewan.
As a reformer he attempted reclamation of the fallow land, the opening of the kollam –shenkotta road, construction of canals, and roads, improved trade and commerce. He felt the need for a Huzur Cutchery. The palaces near the eastern entrance of the Padmanabha temple were built by him. The streets around the Fort area, and an open ground (now KSRTC garage and the iron villa park) where people assembled to express their grievances, the survey of the land, and assessment of tax based on the yield,(kandezhuthu) were his innovations. He made primary education compulsory. While his predecessors enjoyed the privilege of drawing money from the treasury, Thampi fixed monthly salary. There existed an anti Dewan group which plotted conspiracy. The Resident Macaulay informed of the conspiracy and asked him to meet the Maharaja. The conspirators became active once again. In the mean time Thampi, cut the soldier’s allowance which led to an immediate revolt. When his life was at stake he committed suicide at the Mannadi Bhagavathi Temple, instead of surrendering to the British.
Though we consider the Sepoy Mutiny (1857) as the first revolt against the Imperial Power, in fact it was Veluthampi who raised voice against the British for the first time that is in 1809. He addressed a large gathering at Kundara and proclaimed to oust the British.
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Veluthampidalava veeran velu thambi
Veluthambi dalava was a great warrior as he has guts to fight the great army with a small force
T.Kumar
Veluthampi was never a hero.
Veluthampi was never a hero. We attach such heroism on him just because he happened to oppose the British. His opposition to the British was not based on any ideology or patriotism. It was a fight for continuing his cruel dictatorship, keeping aside the pupet king.
VELUTHAMPI WAS A HERO AND HE WILL BE
The true example that he was a hero is that because people are still remembering him and acknowledging his painstaking efforts to relieve Travancore from British army by sacrifising his life, he proved it already can any of these critisisers can do, NO is the answer. We can critise anybody, but investigating the fact before critisim, accepting the truth and acknowedging/ appreciating the effort - everyone cannot do this, so there critisim also will vapourise from the history. You could have been studied the actual history of Travancore & the ideologies of The Great Chempakaraman Velu Thampi Dalawa, before critisising him OR If this is a comment made by the administrator to get maximum response as a part of New Marketing Management - I REALLY FEEL PITTY ON YOU. We dont have unity among ourselves (like your above mentioned comment)that made helped British army to conquer our land. What ever may be the critisim be bold and brave to put your name or else that shows the nature of a man/ management.
Parameswaran Thampi
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