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Kesava Pillai
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Raja Kesavadas.
Military training
Kesava Pillai received military training under General Eustachius De Lannoy. This training perfected him to take active service as an efficient general. He was well trained in the military art and was competent to command a whole brigade in times of emergency. He learned the Dutch and Portuguese languages under General D’Lanoy and the Persian and Hindustani under the Pattan officers.