In 1788,Tipu Sultan,son and successor of Hyder Ali,took up his father's idea of subjugating Malabar and Travancore.He laid waste Malabar,enforced the rule of "cap or sword" giving the conquered people the choice of converting to Islam or facing immediate execution,forcing the royal families and large numbers of Hindu and Christian families to flee to Travancore,where they were received and treated hospitably by the Maharajah,who now came to be known as Dharma Raja on account of his protecting the refugees and the Hindu faith.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma_Raja_of_Travancore), Basheer now you can tell Dharma Raja (Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma) also against mother land and people of Travancore and Malabar also against mother land becoz they fought against Tippu. What an artile sirji