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Swathi Thirunal

• The reign of Swathi Thirunal was a ‘Golden Age’ in the history of modern
  Travancore.

• He was called by his subjects Garbha Sriman, i.e., one who was the
  sovereign even from his birth.

• Meru Swamy, Shadkala Govinda Marar, Vativelu, Ponnayya, Chinnayya,
  Sivanandhan were belonged to the court of him.

• He reformed the judicial system by opening Munsiff’s courts for the disposal of petty civil and police cases.

• A code of regulations framed on the British Indian Model was issued in 1835.

• The ‘Suchindram Kaimukku’ or ordeal of boiling ghee was stopped by
  Swathi Thirunal.

• He was started the Nair Brigade system.

• An English school was opened at Trivandrum in 1834 and it was
  converted into Raja’s Free School in 1836. District schools were also opened
  simultaneously as feeds to this central institution.