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| pazhassi tomb,wayanad |
PAZHASSI RAJA
Wayanad,
a forest region mainly settled by the tribals in the 19th century was
one of the active theaters of anti-British struggle in the malabar
province under the english east india company. the local raja of wayand
better known as the pazhassi raja was the leader and symbol of the
popular resistance in this region over a decade.
He organized the war-like kurichiya tribals
into a sort of people's militia and engaged the british in several
guerrilla type encounters. in the end, the british could get only
the dead body of the raja, who killed somewhere in the interior of
forest.
PAZHASSI TOMB
the
memorial of veera pazhassi raja the lion of kerala is situated at
mananthavady, wayanad. the small structure nearby houses a collection of
memorabilia.
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