Even though the Zamorin of Calicut acquired the status of presiding ruler of Mamangam festival, a group of young warriors refused to accept his supremacy. They were the personal warriors of Princes of Valluvanad. They had vowed to kill the King Zamorin and during each Mamangam festival they unsuccessfully performed a bid on the King's life only to turn martyrs. Archival and Research Project cofounder Sruthin Lal narrates the story of 'chaver warriors' (suicide squad) in this episode of History Zone podcast by The Fourth.