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Battle of Colachel against the Dutch
September 30 , 2023
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- The Travancore forces got victory over the Dutch East India Company at Colachel in Kanniyakumari district in 1741.
- New evidence, suggests that the Travancore army had in its service a German sergeant, Carl August Duijivenschot, who had deserted the Dutch East India Company at Kanniyakumari.
- He played a significant role in the battle of Colachel against the Dutch and their defeat.
- King Martanda Varma rewarded Duijvenschot appointing him a general in recognition of his services in the siege of Colachel and his successful enlistment of Europeans for the Travancore army.
- This has written by Mark de Lannoy of Leiden University in his book, The Kulasekhara Perumals of Travancore: History and State Formation in Travancore from 1671 to 1758.
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