William Cullen (Resident)
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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
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
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Sri Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma III was the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore. He was a musician and composer who wrote over 400 classical compositions in both Carnatic and Hindustani style.
William Cullen (Resident)
…for health, but on the way he caught a fever at Quilon and died at Allepey on 1 October 1862. Cullen interacted mainly with the Maharajas of Travancore Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma and Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma and took considerable interest in scholarly and cultural pursuits. He appears to have prepared a dictionary of…
Painting of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma c.1842
Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma with his father Raja Raja Varma Koil Thampuran by Raja Ravi Varma
Kuthira Malika, Thiruvananthapuram, constructed by Maharajah Swathi Thirunal
1988 Indian Postage stamp depicting Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma