India, April 2 -- Kunjipilla took his responsibilities seriously. Growing up, he had come to know of the difficulties Cochin faced. Most of its lands had been taken over by either the Portuguese or Travancore, leaving the kingdom in a state of poverty. Though, after the defeat of the Zamorin, Komi Achan had introduced a new order based on the system implemented in Travancore by Marthanda Varma, it had to be nourished. Kunjipilla realised that the weakness in his kingdom was due to the diffusion of power among a number of hereditary chiefs, instead of power being centralised in the hands of the king. He appreciated that Komi Achan had already implemented part of Marthanda Varma's reforms shortly after the Zamorin had been expelled from Coc...