Kerala Varma IV was an Indian monarch who ruled the Kingdom of Cochin

Kingdom of Cochin

Kingdom of Cochin was a late medieval Hindu kingdom and later Princely State on the Malabar Coast, South India...

 from 1851 to 1853. He is posthumously known as Kaashiyil Theepetta Maharaja.

Reign

Kerala Varma was the younger brother of Rama Varma XIII

Rama Varma XIII

Rama Varma XIII was an Indian monarch who ruled the Kingdom of Cochin from 1844 to 1851.- Reign :Rama Varma was a nephew of Rama Varma XII and ascended the throne on his death in June 1844. He was the son of Ekkavu Thampuran, the ancestor of the present head of the household.- References :...

 and succeeded to the throne on his death in July 1851. Soon after his accession, Kerala Varma embarked on a tour of British India in order to improve his knowledge of the country and visited Coimbatore

Coimbatore

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, Bangalore

Bangalore

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, Poona, Indore

Indore

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 and Benares. At Benares, he was afflicted by small pox and succumbed to the disease in February 1853 after a reign of one and half years.