Kerala Varma IV (died February 1853) was an Indian monarch who ruled the

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from 1851 to 1853. He is posthumously known as Kaashiyil Theepetta Maharaja.

Reign

Kerala Varma was the younger brother of

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and succeeded to the throne on his death in July 1851. Soon after his accession, Kerala Varma embarked on a tour of British India in order to improve his knowledge of the country and visited

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and

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. At Benares, he was afflicted by chicken pox and succumbed to the disease in February 1853 after a reign of one and half years.

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* 1853 deaths Rulers of Cochin Year of birth missing Deaths from smallpox {{India-royal-stub