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PAZHASSIRAJA - ICONIC RADIO DRAMA (MALAYALAM) by ALL INDIA RADIO THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Pazhassi Raja (3 January 1753-30 November 1805) was born as Kerala Varma. He was a warrior Hindu prince and de facto head of the kingdom of Kottayam, in Malabar, Kerala, between 1774 and 1805. He is popularly known as Kerala Simham (Lion of Kerala) on account of his martial exploits. Pazhassi Raja was a member of the western branch of the Kottayam royal clan. He fought a war of resistance against the Mysorean army from 1774 to 1793. On account of his refusal to flee and due to his effective resistance to Mysoreans, he gained firm support of his subjects. In 1792, after the Third Anglo-Mysore War, the East India Company imposed control in Kottayam in violation of an earlier agreement of 1790 which had recognised its independence. Vira Varma, to whom Raja was a nephew, was appointed by the East India Company authorities as the Raja of Kottayam. To meet revenue targets fixed by Company authorities, Vira Varma ordered an exorbitant tax to be collected from the peasantry and this move was met in 1793 by a mass resistance led by Pazhassi Raja, who had always been opposed to the Company's rule. In 1796, the Company made an attempt to arrest Pazhassi Raja, but he evaded capture and instead fought back using guerilla warfare. After a string of serious setbacks, the Company sued for peace in 1797. The conflict was renewed in 1800 over a dispute on Wayanad and after a five-year-long war of insurgency, Pazhassi Raja was killed on 30 November 1805 in a gun-fight at in the present day Kerala-Karnataka border. This historical story has been adapted for radio, by the veteran broadcaster K.Padmanabhan Nair. Often considered a pioneer in radio broadcast and has carved himself a niche in the arena of radio plays .