Therefore , he was given the sobriquet Ikyakeralam Thampuran ( King who united Kerala ) .
He mooted the idea of a unified Kerala state in India for the Malayalam speaking population and stood for the merging of British Malabar , Cochin and Travancore .
He was given the sobriquet Ikyakeralam Thampuran ( King who united Kerala ) .
He mooted the idea of a unified Kerala state in India for the Malayalam speaking population and stood for the merging of British Malabar , Cochin and Travancore .