Arakkal Beevi refers to the female ruler of
Arakkal Kingdom in
Kerala
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,
South India
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.
[Logan, William (2006). Malabar Manual, Mathrubhumi Books, Calicut. ]
Sultana Aysha Aliraja was the ruler until her death on the morning of 27 September 2006.
Cultural depictions
* Ayesha Ali Raja (played by
Genelia D'Souza
Genelia Deshmukh (née D'Souza; born 5 August 1987), also credited professionally as Genelia, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu cinema, Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil language, Tamil films. Described in the media as one of the ...
) appears as a character in a
Malayalam film
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titled ''
Urumi
An urumi is an Indian sword with a flexible, whip-like blade, secretly worn around the waist. Originating in modern-day Kerala, a state in southwestern India, it is thought to have existed from as early as the Sangam period.
It is treated as ...
''. The film is based on a fictional story about a young Indian who tries to assassinate Portuguese explorer,
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, first European to reach India by sea.
Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link ...
. The movie was released on 31 March 2011. But the Arakkal Ayesha played by Genelia D'Souza is different from Aysha Aliraja.
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History of Kerala