Talk:Kingdom of Kottayam

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This article is written in Indian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Closed. Requesting editor has been blocked as a sockpuppet. Any editor in good standing who wants to open a new move discussion is welcome to do so. RL0919 (talk) 13:30, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Kottayam (Malabar) → Kottayam State — Instead of a dab term one can use a variant name as is done for others in Category:Indian Princely States.--TopoChecker (talk) 04:14, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment While I agree with the need to move to a "state" or some such title, Kottayam without the Malabar is prone to confusion. The Thekkumkur kingdom was based out of Kottayam (which is the other town of the same name, but much larger) and probably needs to be disambiguated with this. —SpacemanSpiff 09:33, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Kottayam State suggests that it was a state of the Republic of India. Would support a move to Kingdom of Kottayam. User:SpacemanSpiff's point can be dealt with by a hatnote. Skinsmoke (talk) 12:22, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Where is this Kottayam?[edit]

Even when the film Pazhassiraja was shown in some decades back most people in Malabar were under the impression that it was about a king of Kottayam, in South Kerala. They had no idea that this great and famous king was from their own area. In fact, even most people in Tellichery had no idea about this great king who fought with the British. In fact, in Travancore State Manual, there is a reference to a small time ruler of a place called Kottayam in Malabar who ran off to Travancore when the Sultan Tipu's army marched into the Malabar areas. Could this be the same great king that is being referred to in this article?

Is it possible that Wikipedia is a media for the rascal film world to propagate historical stories that they spin out?