Mookambika
Moothassari, Kesavan
More, Leena
Morrison, Col
Mountbatten, Lord
Muggeridge, Malcolm
Mulam Tirunal, Maharajah
died
reign was significant in the history of Travancore
Munro, Col. John
Murphy, G.P.
Muslim League
Muslim royal family of Arakkal
Muslims
representation in Legislature and Public Service
women’s education
Mussolini, Edda
Muziris
Mysore
Maharajah of
Naicker, E.V.R. Ramaswami (Periyar)
Naicker, Ramaswami of Madurai (durbar artist)
Naidu, Emperumal
Naidu, Sarojini
Nair Brigade
Nair Lady at the Toilet
Nair Regulation (1925)
Nair, Appu
Nair, Balan
Nair, G. Sukumaran
Nair, Sankaran
Nair, Sir M. Krishnan
Nairs. See also caste system; Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
reduced to agrarian class
anti-Brahminism of
bloodfeuds
demanded Dewan’s removal
discontent and disappointment among
education
identity crisis
joint families (taravads) marriage system
matrilineal system
military tradition (suicide bands – chavers)/warriors
old chieftains; disempowered
old-fashioned
predominance in Legislature and Public Service; lost claims in senior positions in state machinery
and Rama Varma, antagonism between
main opponents of Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
not interested in tea plantation
and Velu Tampi’s rebellion
women
Nambutiri Brahmins, Nambutiris
Nampiyar, N.N.
Nanjanad Vellala Regulations
Nanjanad
Naoroji, Dadabhai
Narasimharaja Wodeyar, Yuvarajah of Mysore
Narayana Guru
nationalism, nationalist movement in India
Natyasastra
Navashakti
Nayaks of Madurai
Nehru, Jawaharlal
Nehru, Rameshwari
Neithiyar Amma, Parukutty
Neriamangalam-Pallivasal road
Netto, Miss
Newspaper Regulation
Nizam of Hyderabad
Nizam Shah of Ahmednagar
Noble, Dr
Noorani, A.G.
Operation Sabotage
Orczy, Baroness
Oriental Courts
Ottoman Turks
Ouwerkerk, Louise
Padmanabhapuram
Padmanabhan, Mannathu
Padmateertham
Painter, Baburao
palace bureau
Pallava emperors
Pallivasal Hydroelectric Plant
Pandalai, Lt Col. K.G.
Panicker, Govinda
Panikkar, K.M.
Paramount Power
Parappanad, Rajah of
Parasurama
Parvathi Bayi Tampuran, Bharani Tirunal
Parvathi Varma (1943, Rohini Tirunal Parvathi Bayi Tampuran, daughter of Princess Lalitha)
Patel, Vallabhbhai
Patiala
Maharajah of
Patriarch of Antioch
patriarchy
Pattom Palace
Pax Britannica
Peermade coffee estates
pepper trade
Periplus, Keprobotras
Periyar, river
Periyar. See Naicker, E.V.R. Ramaswami
Peron, Evita
Phalke, Govind Dhundiraj (Dadasaheb)
Phillippose, Thomas
Pillai, Arumugham
Pillai, C.V. Raman
Pillai, Changanssery Parameswaran
Pillai, Easwara
Pillai, G.P.
Pillai, K. Krishna
Pillai, Kalyani
Pillai, Kartyayani
Pillai, Kesava
Pillai, Kunjukrishna
Pillai, M. Govinda
Pillai, Nallaperumal
Pillai, Nanu
Pillai, Pattom Thanu
Pillai, Ramakrishna
Pillai, Sanku (Sankaran Tampi)
Pillai, K. Parameswaran
Pisharody, Karunakara
Pitt, W.H.
Pliny, Celobotras
politics
polygamy and polyandry
Poojappura
Pooradam Tirunal, Rani. See Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
Portuguese, merchants and invaders
retaliation from Muslim merchants
established trading station at Macau
Poulose, Miss
Prabodhakan
prasastis
Prayikkara
princely states
principalities, hostility
printing in Kerala
Pritchard, Lt. Col. H.R.N.
Privy Purse
abolished
Ptolemy Kerobotras
Public Health Division
Public Service Commission
Pudukkottai, Rajah of
Pulayas
Punnapra-Vayalar incident
purdah system
Qudsia III, Begum of Bhopal
Quilon
Radha Devi
Radhika (1963, Tiruvonam Tirunal Radhika Varma, Lalitha’s granddaughter)
Raghavaiah, T.
Raghu (Lakshmi’s husband)
railways, extension in Travancore
Rajagopalachari, C.
Rajagopalachari, P.
Rajamma Tampuratti
Rajan Tampuran
Rajaraja Varma
Rajput tribes
Rajya Samacharam
Rama Varma (Kuttan, husband of princess Indira)
Rama Varma (1889-1976, Valiya Koil Tampuran)
authoritarian
alleged corruption
died
interference in state matters
and Junior Maharani, hostility between
after Sethu lakshmi Bayi’s retirement
and Nairs, antagonism between
negative influence on Maharani and administration
won respect and approval of Government of India
Rama Varma XVII of Cochin
Ramachandran, G. (GR)
Ramaseshan, Mr
Ramayana
Rameswaram
Ramnad, Rajah of
Ranganathan, C.
Ranjith (1968-1988, Makam Tirunal Ranjith Varma, Rukmini’s son)
Rao, Dewan Krishnaswamy
Rao, T. Madhava, Dewan of Travancore
Rao, U.S. Krishna
Rao, V.P. Madhava, Dewan of Travancore
Ravi Varma Jr. (Kochu Koil Tampuran)
Ravi Varma (Parvathi’s husband)
Ravi Varma, Raja (1848–1906 )
artistic excellence
was awarded Kaiser-i-Hind
died
Reading, Lord
Regent, role in India
religious
beliefs
fundamentalism in Europe
impurity
symbolism
Rembrandt
revenue system of Travancore
Richmond Road, palace on
Ripon, Lord
Robinson, H.C.H.
Rockefeller Foundation
Rosy, P.K.
Round Table Conference, II
Royal Commission on Decentralisation
rubber, demand, rubber industry
Rukmini Bayi, Bharani Tirunal, Fourth Princess of Travancore
Sakuntala’s Love Letter
Salar Jung
sambandham (relationship)
Sanger, Margaret
Sang
ramadheera, King
Santishtavadi
Sapru, Sir Tej Bahadur
Saradamoni, K.
Sastrigal, Kuttapa
Satelmond Palace (Vijaya Vilasam), Poojappura
palace management
vacated by Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
Satyanadam Weekly
seclusion
self-rule for India
Sethu Lakshmi Bayi (1895–1985) (Attingal Mootha Tampuran) Senior Rani of Travancore
terminated custom of animal sacrifice
efficient and intelligent administrator/ruler
administrative blunders
birth anniversary celebrations
birth of a baby girl
thirtieth birthday; bookishness/reading habit
stand on caste system/communal issues/temple entry issue
childlessness
agreement on Cochin Harbour
and father, relationship
challenge of floods
handling of Great Depression
completed first year in power
cultural conservatism
economic and political reforms
departure from Travancore/in Bangalore
education
Government of India, relationship with
health reforms
holiday to Kodaikanal
husband, relations with
and Junior Rani, relationship/dispute with
over allocation of funds
over Sripadam estate
loneliness
meeting with Mahatma Gandhi
moral stature
mother, relationship with
murajapam ceremony
media on
pension and allowances of
protected minorities
and Nairs’ discontent
and her nephew, Chithira Tirunal
opponents, political and others
legislation against devadasi system
legislation to terminate the matrilineal system of inheritance
lifestyle
marriage
and the Newspaper Regulation
title of Pooradam Tirunal Maharajah
pregnancy and miscarriages
as Regent
resigned her power with dignity and relinquished the Regency
after retirement
privileges and ceremonial honours restricted/ deprivations
acquired properties
properties relinquished
religiosity
royal guests
and Sankaran Tampi, hostility between
siblings
simplicity of
60th birthday
success as a ruler
and tea plantation
and T. Raghavaiah
traditionalism of
urbane and forward looking
and the Vaikom Satyagraha
and Maurice Emygdius Watts, Dewan of Travancore
welfare policies
on women rights and empowerment
Sethu Parvathi Bayi (Attingal Elaya Tampuran), Junior Rani of Travancore
voice in administration
allocation of funds
interest in arts
birth of a baby boy
black magic against Senior Rani
dispute with Captain Harvey
and Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer
and Christians and other minorities communal issues/temple entry issue
died
Government of India, relations with
heirs, controversy over administration of Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple
sympathy for Hindu cause
holiday to Kodaikanal
husband, dispute/relations
marriage
and Nairs
relationship with nieces
excessive protection
utilised public uproar among Nairs
public relations management
royal patronage
scandal
and Senior Rani. See Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
and her son
not consulted for his education and training
line of succession
on world tours and travels
Sethu Snanam
Shakespeare, William
Shastri, Sheshiah (1828–1903)
Shivaji
Shobhana (1952, Swathi Tirunal Shobhana Varma, Indira’s daughter)
Shreekumar (1955, Punartham Tirunal Shreekumar Varma, Indira’s son)
Silver Plate Treaty (1731)
Simon, Rebecca Violet
Siva temple, Kandiyur
Skrine, C.P.
Slaughter, Frank G.
social change
social equality
social exclusion
social hierarchy, inequality
social reforms
social unrest
Sola Nobilitat Virtus
Solomon, King
spice trade
Sree Chithira Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum
Sri Mulam Popular Assembly
Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana [SNDP] Yogam
Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple
devaprasnam
family’s control over, legally challenged scandal
Sri Rama Vanquishing the Sea
Sripadam Estate
dispute over
St Thomas the Apostle
Stockmar
Subbulakshmi, M.S.
Subramanium, Gopal
succession by adoption
Suchindram
Suez Canal
Sujanandhini
Sundara Vilasam Palace, Trivandrum Fort
swamidroham
Swaminathan, S.
Swathi Tirunal
Syrian Christians. See Christians
Tagore, Rabindranath
Taliath, Joseph
Tamil Brahmins
Tampan, Prabhakaran
Tampi, Mukundan
Tampi, Padmanabhan
Tampi, Raman
Tampi, Sankaran. See Pillai, Sanku
Tampi, Ummini
Tampi, Velu
rebellion
Tampimar Kathai
Tamprakkal, Azhavanchery
Tang emperor of China
Tankachi, Indira
Temple Entry Enquiry Committee
temple entry issue
resented by Brahmins
Temple Entry Proclamation. See also Chithira Tirunal; Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
There Comes Papa
Thomas, O.M.
Tipu Sultan
Tiruvirattukkavu Bhagavathi
Todd, H.J.
Travancore
Cochin and Malabar, merged
decline
identity as a Hindu state
integration with Indian Union
retained independence as tributary of Madras Presidency
Travancore Companies Act
Travancore Labour Association
Travancore Press (Emergency Powers) Act (1930)
Travancore State Congress (TSC)
Travancore Women’s Conference
Ubhayakar, Lalitha
Uma Varma (Bharani Tirunal Uma Bayi Tampuran) (1941, daughter of Princess Lalitha)
Uma (Kochomana) Tampuratti (daughter of Ravi Varma)
Umayamma
Ummini Tanka
worshiped as Melangode Yakshi
unemployment
of women
Unemployment Enquiry Committee
United Nations
United States and Soviet Union, hostility
Unni Goda Varma, Rajah of Cochin
Unnithan, P.G.N.
untouchability
Urban Land Ceiling Act
Uthradam Tirunal Martanda Varma Tampuran, First Prince of Travancore
Uthram Tirunal, Maharajah
Uthram Tirunal Lalitamba Bayi. See Lalitha, Second Princess of Travancore
Vadakkay Kottaram
Vaikom Satyagraha
Valithan, M.S.
Valiya Kottaram
van Gollenesse, Julius Stein
van Rheede, Henrik
Varghese, T.M.
Vasantha Vilasam, Kowdiar
Vasudeva Rajah, Sir
Venniyur, E.M.J.
Venugopal (1959, Rohini Tirunal Venugopal Varma, Rukmini’s son)
Vernon, H.A.B.
Victoria, Queen
Victorian notions of decency and morality
Vigathakumaran
Vijaya Vilasam. See Satelmond Palace
Vijayaraghavachari, C.
Vijaynagar
Villa Manimala, Pothencode
Village Panchayat Act of Travancore
Village Panchayat Courts
Visakham Tirunal
Visigoths, king besieged Rome
Visscher, Canter
Visscher, Jacobus
Vivekananda, Swami
Vivekodayam
Wallis, John
Watts, Dorothia Henriett
Watts, Edith Malloch
Watts, Francis
Watts, Frank Edwards
Watts, Maurice Emygdius, Dewan of Travancore
Watts, Vincent
Wavell, Lord
Wells, H.G.
Welsh, James
Western Ghats
Wheeler Committee
Willingdon Water Works
Willingdon, Lord
women in Kerala
education
employment
empowerment
health
kulina and veshya
in legislatures
right of maintenance
social and political freedoms
succession rights. See also matrilineal system of inheritance
Women’s College, Trivandrum
World War I
World War II
Yesudas
Zamorin of Calicut. See Calicut, Zamorin
Zheng He, Admiral
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Note: In addition to the titles listed here, which are mainly secondary sources, in the notes for this book can be found other volumes that I have referred to, articles from journals such as the Social Scientist, the Modern Review, and so on, as also the catalogue numbers and details of papers and primary archival material from the India Office Archives in London (marked IOR or MSS), the Kerala State Archives (marked KSA), the private papers of the Travancore royal family (marked TRF), and material sourced from the National Archives of India in New Delhi (marked NAI). Letters and reports published in At the Turn of the Tide by Lakshmi Raghunandan have been marked with the relevant page numbers (for instance: Raghunandan, p. 25) after mentioning the date and other details.
Due to the exhaustive numbers of files and material involved, it has not been possible to list them here. Similarly, material obtained from newspapers and journals, including rare ones such as the Feudatory and Zemindari India, have been individually named in the notes with relevant dates and information. A few books viewed online through Google Books have been marked accordingly.
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