British for past couple of years did not have to suffer the loss on a scale of Periya in 1797, but matters were not easy for British at all. Even in Kottayam which had become quiet might explode once more and a large rebel force with Raja as the head was still at large. But one must remember that the whole revolt is a one-man show as Wellesley himself remarked once-“"We are not fighting 1000 men army ... but one man ... Kerala Varma".”-Raja's end would mean end of revolt.