[quote name='Lalitaditya' date='18 June 2011 - 08:07 PM' timestamp='1308407382' post='111978']
From my post @ http://indicrace.blogspot.com/2011/06/in...ndian.html
Part of the post is specific to Hindu fight against Islam.
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2. A south Indian king Samoothiri Raja handed the Dutch a naval defeat. This was unprecedented in that part of Asia where a European naval power was defeated comprehensively.
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Small correction. It was not Samoothiri Raja, but it was Thiruvithamcore (Travancore) Raja, Marthanda Varma, who defeated the Dutch navy.
From my post @ http://indicrace.blogspot.com/2011/06/in...ndian.html
Part of the post is specific to Hindu fight against Islam.
...
2. A south Indian king Samoothiri Raja handed the Dutch a naval defeat. This was unprecedented in that part of Asia where a European naval power was defeated comprehensively.
....[/quote]
Small correction. It was not Samoothiri Raja, but it was Thiruvithamcore (Travancore) Raja, Marthanda Varma, who defeated the Dutch navy.