State · 1729 – 1949
Travancore
A state of 1729 – 1949 — 220 years in South Asia. It replaced Venadu kingdom. It was replaced by India and Travancore-Cochin. The atlas records 9 things within it — people 9. Its line of rulers holds 9 people. Its own article says it was partitioned by five divisions Padmanabhapuram Thiruvananthapuram Quilon.
- Wikidata's English label: Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 220 years
- 1729 – 1949
- Rulers
- 9
- the Maharaja of Travancore
- Within it
- 9
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Venadu kingdom · replaces · 1100 – 1729
After it
- Travancore-Cochin · replaced by
- India · replaced by · 1950 – present
How it ended, as its article says
Partitioned by five divisions Padmanabhapuram Thiruvananthapuram Quilon. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
Travancore was divided into five divisions: Padmanabhapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Quilon, Kottayam, and Devikulam.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of Maharaja of Travancore.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marthanda Varma | 1729 – 1758 | 29 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Dharma Raja | 1758 – 1798 | 40 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Avittom Thirunal Balarama Varma | 1798 – 1810 | 12 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Gowri Lakshmi Bayi | 1810 – 1815 | 5 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma | 1813 – 1846 | 33 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Gowri Parvati Bayi | 1815 – 1829 | 14 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Marthanda Varma II | 1846 – 1860 | 14 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| Ayilyam Thirunal | 1860 – 1880 | 20 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Visakham Thirunal | 1880 – 1885 | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
9 rulers, 9 with terms dated as terms, covering 1729 – 1885. Median reign 14 years. 2 of 8 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of head of government, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Marthanda Varma | 1729 – 1758 |
| Dharma Raja | 1758 – 1798 |
| Avittom Thirunal Balarama Varma | 1798 – 1810 |
| Gowri Lakshmi Bayi | 1810 – 1815 |
| Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma | 1813 – 1846 |
| Gowri Parvati Bayi | 1815 – 1829 |
| Marthanda Varma II | 1846 – 1860 |
| Ayilyam Thirunal | 1860 – 1880 |
| Visakham Thirunal | 1880 – 1885 |
| Moolam Thirunal | 1885 – 1924 |
| Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma | 1924 – 1949 |
| Sethu Lakshmi Bayi | 1924 – 1931 |
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedFlag of Kingdom of Travancore · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Washiucho 
coat of arms, undatedCoA Travancore 1893 · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1700 – 17994 rows
- Marthanda Varma · ruler · 1706 – 1758
- Gowri Lakshmi Bayi · ruler · 1791 – 1815
- Dharma Raja · ruler · 1724 – 1798
- Avittom Thirunal Balarama Varma · ruler · 1782 – 1810
1800 – 18995 rows
- Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma · ruler · 1813 – 1846
- Gowri Parvati Bayi · ruler · 1802 – 1853
- Ayilyam Thirunal · ruler · 1832 – 1880
- Visakham Thirunal · ruler · 1837 – 1885
- Marthanda Varma II · ruler · 1814 – 1860
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood220 years
stood longer than 65% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median14 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 46% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record9
has more rulers on record than 78% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1707 – 1971, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1839, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q150058 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.