 The school was later renamed after "King Rama Varma" of the founding Kochi Royal family.After the independence of India from British rule, and the reorganization of the states of India in 1956, the school was handed over to the Government of Kerala, which now owns and runs it.In 1845, when it was founded as the "English Elementary School", it was located in what is now the campus of the "Maharaja's College".