King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthanda_Varma" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Marthanda Varma">Marthanda Varma</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travancore" id="mweg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Travancore">Travancore</a> defeats the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Colachel" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Colachel">Battle of Colachel</a>, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.<!--The first "major" defeat of a European colonial military power in India-->