Pallur Rayrappan was a supporter of Kerala Varma
Pazhassi Raja
Pazhassi Raja () (3 January 1753 – 30 November 1805) was known as Kerala Varma and was also known as Cotiote Rajah and Pychy Rajah. He was a warrior Hindu prince and de facto head of the kingdom of Kottayam, otherwise known as Cotiote, in ...
of
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, India, who fought a guerrilla-type war against the British
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...
during first decade of the 19th century.
Background
Pazahassi Raja was defeated in battle by British and took to the forests of
Wynad
Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ...
along with his family. From there he conducted a guerrilla campaign against the British until his death in 1806. Pallur Rayrappan was one of his supporters and helped him to fight against British forces in the forests of Kerala. The British announced a prize of 300 pagodas for helping to arrest Rayrappan, whose younger brother,
Pallur Eman, was also a part of Raja's guerilla force and had a prize of 1000 pagodas on his head.
Pallur Rayrappan was killed fighting the British in January 1806
on a hill named Tirumalapad of Nilambur and before his capture, he critically wounded a British soldier.
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1806 deaths
Cotiote War