William Cullen (Resident)
Major General William Cullen was a British Army Officer with the Madras Artillery Regiment, and from 1840 to 1860, Resident in the Kingdom of Travancore and Cochin. During his stay in India, he took a scholarly interest in the region and contributed to journals on geology, plants and the culture of the region. He was instrumental in establishing the Napier Museum in Trivandrum. He died at Allepey in Kerala, where a road is named after him.
Portrait by F.C. Lewis (1854)
A sketch by F.C. Lewis showing The Durbar of His Highness the Maharaja of Travancore on 27 November 1851 with Cullen carrying a letter from Queen Victoria to the Maharaja of Travancore thanking the latter for his contributions to the Great Exhibition of 1851 which included the gift of a carved ivory chair
Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma was the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore. He is also considered as a brilliant music composer and is credited with over 400 classical compositions in both Carnatic and Hindustani style.
Svāti Tirunāḷ Rama Varma with his father Raja Raja Varma Koil Thampuran
Kuthira Malika, Thiruvananthapuram, constructed by Maharajah Svāti Tirunāḷ
