The memorial of the ‘Lion of Kerala’ - Veera Pazhassi Raja
The memorial of the ‘Lion of Kerala’ - Veera Pazhassi Raja - who
organized the guerilla warfare against the British East India
Company, is situated at Mananthavady. He was the king of the
Kottayam royal family of Malabar in Kerala, India during the
last decades of the 18th century.
He achieved the title Veera (brave) when he fought a guerilla war
against British occupation with the able help of his loyal Kurichiyar tribe.
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