Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma
- Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma
Sri Uthradom Thirunal (22 March 1922-) is the present titular Maharaja of Travancore since 1991 and head of the Travancore Royal Family. He succeeded his elder brother H.H. Maharaja Sri Sir Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma at his death. Named Heir Apparent from birth, as per the Travancore matrilineal law of succession, he joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at Bangalore in 1952, working there as a clerk and truck driver briefly to study the functioning of industries at a basic level. He is the Chief Scout of the regional Boy Scout troop, and is also a patron of local hospitals and charities.
He married the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Krishnan Gopinath Pandalai, MB, CM, FRCS, LRCP, late IMS, sometime Supt. of the Government General Hospital, Madras, namely Shrimati Radha Devi and has a son, Anantha Padmanabhan and a daughter, Parvati Devi. He resides at Kowdiar Palace, Trivandrum.
Honours
*King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, 1935
*King George VI Coronation Medal, 1937
*Indian Independence Medal, 1947
References
* [http://www.4dw.net/royalark/India/trava7.htm Detailed biography]
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