# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/velu-thampi-dalawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:38:07.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/velu-thampi-dalawa"
name: "Velu Thampi Dalawa"
slug: "velu-thampi-dalawa"
description: "Velayudhan Chempakaraman Thampi of Thalakulam (1765–1809) was the Dalawa or Prime Minister of the Indian kingdom of Travancore between 1802 and 1809 during the reign of Bala Rama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal. He is best known for being one of the earliest individuals to rebel against the British East India Company's authority in India."
tagline: "Dalawa of the Indian kingdom of Travancore between 1802 and 1809"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veluthampi.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1765"
deathDate: "1809"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.454504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Velu Thampi Dalawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velu_Thampi_Dalawa"
    title: "Velu Thampi Dalawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "वेलु थंपी दलावा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "വേലുത്തമ്പി ദളവ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "வேலுத்தம்பி தளவாய்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3531060"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump