Rama Varma X

Rama Varma X
Maharaja of Cochin
Reign	26 September 1805 – January 1809
Predecessor	Sakthan Thampuran
Successor	Kerala Varma III
Died	January 1809 Vellarapally Palace, Puthiyedam, Kaladi, now India
Dynasty	Cochin royal family
Religion	Hinduism

Rama Varma X (died January 1809) was an Indian monarch who ruled the Kingdom of Cochin from 1805 to 1809.

Family

Rama Varma was the son of Sakthan Thampuran's mother's younger sister (famously known as Chittamma Thampuran) and therefore his cousin. He succeeded the Sakthan Thampuran on the latter's death in 1805

Reign

Rama Varma is generally remembered as a generous, mild-mannered person and an incapable monarch.^[citation needed]

Rama Varma was an excellent writer and authored the Sundarakanda Purana.

Death

Rama Varma died at Vellarapilly in January 1809.

References

• History of Cochin (PDF). corporationofcochin. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2009.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Rama Varma IX	Maharaja of Cochin 1805–1809	Succeeded by Kerala Varma III