Travancore
Americannoun
noun
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Cherian was born in 1909 to a wealthy agrarian Catholic family in Travancore.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022
Cherian was just 29 and a few months into joining the freedom movement when the Travancore State Congress was declared illegal by the British government in India.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022
Devasahayam, born into a Hindu family in the south Indian kingdom of Travancore, was baptized in 1745 and went on to fight caste discrimination and advocate for social equality.
From Washington Post • May 16, 2022
Devasahayam, born Nilakandan, served the king of Travancore as a soldier and later as an official in the treasury, where he met a Catholic military officer from the Dutch East India Company.
From Washington Post • May 16, 2022
The Kudumi medicine men of Travancore claim to be able to cure snake-bite by the application of certain leaves ground into a paste, and by exercising their magical powers.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar
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