Ramayyan Dalawa

Ramayyan
Dalawa
Ramayyan portrait with sword
Diwan of Travancore
Reign1737–1756
Born1713
Yerwadi, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu
Died1756
Mavelikkara, Travancore

Ramayyan Dalawa (1713–1756) was the Dalawa of Travancore state, India, during 1737 and 1756 and was responsible for the consolidation and expansion of that kingdom after the defeat of the Dutch at the 1741 Battle of Colachel during the reign of Maharajah Marthanda Varma, the creator of modern Travancore.