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'''Krishna Varma Raja''' was Eralpad or eldest prince of Calicut. He was known as Kishen Varma, Kishen Raja and Prince of Karimpuzha in British records.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}<br />
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==Life==<br />
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Varma rose to power after [[Hyder Ali]]'s second conquest of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] in 1774. [[Manavikraman Raja]] of Calicut fled to [[Travancore]] and thus his second-in-command Krishna Varma became ''de facto'' head of state.<ref name=iyyer>Iyyer, K. V. Krishna (1938). The Zamorins of Calicut: (from the earliest times down to AD 1806). Publ. Division, Univ. </ref><br />
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The oppressive Mysore rule pushed Malabar into a state of revolt that lasted throughout the Mysore period (1774 to 1791). The [[Kingdom of Calicut]] covered much of South Malabar. Varma and his nephews led resistance. [[Ravi Varma of Padinjare Kovilakam|Ravi Varma the Elder]] and Ravi Varma the Younger were most prominent.<ref name=iyyer/> <br />
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Krishna Varma operated from the traditional seat of Eralpad in [[Karimpuzha (gram panchayat)|Karimpuzha]], present Palghat district, commanding a large resistance movement which took the form of [[guerrilla warfare]]. His nephew Ravi Varma the Elder acted as [[Commander In Chief]] of rebel military force. The rebels foiled all effort of Mysore government to set up a working administration in South Malabar.<ref>Buchanan, Francis (1807). A journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara and Malabar. T. Cadell and W. Davies. Retrieved 2012-11-14.</ref><ref name=iyyer/> <br />
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In 1788, Varma went in person to Calicut to negotiate peace with [[Tipu Sultan]] but eventually decided not to cooperate with Sultan. To escape from Tipu's camp, he agreed to all proposals of Sultan and took a large sum from Tipu as reward, but once he fled to safety of Karimpuzha, he broke his promise and renewed his revolt on a greater scale.<ref name=iyyer/> <br />
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He died in 1793.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
Logan, William (1887). Malabar manual, Volume 1. Asian Educational Services. {{ISBN|978-81-206-0446-9}}. Retrieved 2012-11-14.<br />
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