Name

Maharaja(King) of Travancore (VenadSwaroopam).  He ruled from 1729 to 1758  His.Hinnies Maharaja Marthanada Varma named as Thiruvananthapuram. He get kingdom from his uncle Dharma Raja. 

King Marthanda Varma is usually credited as the "founder of Kingdom of Travancore" from the feudal kingdom of Venad.  The rulers of Venad trace their relations back to the Ay kingdom and the Later Chera kingdom

 Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India

When Swami Vivekananda reached Thiruvananthapuram on December 13, 1892 and spent time with the royal family, it was an unplanned visit. For him, this journey through Kerala was shocking. Vivekananda’s original plan was to visit Mysore, and then Madras, and end his tour of India in Rameswaram.then he go to chikago conference in usa

Travancore 

Marthanda Varma crowned in his twenties, successfully suppressed the feudal lords, 

defeated the local kingdoms of 

1.Attingal  2. Kollam (Desinganad), 

3. Kayamkulam 4.Kottarakara (Ilayidathu Swaroopam)

5.Pandalam 6. Ambalapuzha 7.Kottayam 8.Changanassery 9.Meenachil 10.Karappuram 11.Alangad 12.kingdom of Cochin and fought numerous battles against the Dutch with the help of the British East India Company. In the famous Battle of Colachel (1741), Marthanda Varma's army defeated the Dutch East India Company, resulting in the complete eclipse of Dutch power in Malabar. In this battle, Marthanda Varma captured the Flemish admiral of the VOC Eustachius De Lannoy who would later modernize the Travancore army by introducing better firearms and artillery.