And the tragedy which befell the Chikka Deva Rajendra The house imprisonment of Karunakara Menon was a major cause that precipitated the invasion and acquisition of Coorg by the British, a sad tale in itself. An event which is said to have weighed upon the conscience of Menon, until the end of his l…
Menon and the Coorg War
And the tragedy which befell the Chikka Deva Rajendra The house imprisonment of Karunakara Menon was a major cause that precipitated the invasion and acquisition of Coorg by the British, a sad tale in itself. An event which is said to have weighed upon the conscience of Menon, until the end of his l…
Strange, you will mutter, reading the title. Well, I had
been wondering about elephants in Istanbul after I had finished the research on
the embassy of Tipu Sultan to the Rum in 1787. In that large effort, four
elephants were sent along as gifts to the Ottoman Sultan, accompanied by a wasteful
700-…
