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Travancore soon looked for the association with the Eastern Indies Company, due to the pressure Mysore exerted on the State. In 1795 the protection agreement was signed, and Travancore begins to be governed by weaker maharajas, making the diwan with effective power. Until the uprising of Velu Thampa against the English, who will strengthen the monarch again. The caste system was more connected in Travancore than in no other state, but the last monarch made great advances in education and society, opening the temples to all Hindus, when previously only had only been for the upper castes. It also implemented the first means of public transport and several industries. Although initially he wanted his kingdom to follow independently to the Indian Union, finally business its adhesion, which took place in 1947.
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