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Calicut
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Presidency: Madras Presidency
Coordinates:	11.25°N 75.77°E
Altitude:	1 metre (3.3 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Kozhikode
State/Province:	Kerala
Country:	India
Transport links
Madras Railway

Also see Malabar

Modern name: Kozhikode
Variants: Calicut, Kalikot

Churches in Kozhikode from Kozhikode Kerala Tourism
- St Mary’s Church also known as the English Church. The CSI St. Mary’s Church at Nadakkavu, in Kozhikode, is also known as the English Church. This church, with arched entrances, was built by the British in 1860 for the British members of the Collectorate and the military. The church has been renovated several times since then. The cemetery adjacent to the church houses tombs that date as far back as 1717.
  - Photograph of the English Church, Kozhikode. skyscrapercity.com
- CSI church built by the Basel missionaries in 1842.
- Mother of God [Roman Catholic] Cathedral

Calicut Heritage
This India List post about mixed marriages mentions Calicut
The Danish Factory in Calicut 1752-1796 by Maddy. historicalleys.blogspot
Search the photographic Archives of the Basel Mission with search word Calicut digitallibrary.usc.edu
Roman Catholic Diocese of Calicut.The link at the bottom of the web page which says “Click here for the Chronicles" mentions some of the schools in the area.
A milestone by P. Anima October 19, 2012 The Hindu. The Railway was opened to Calicut on the 2 January 1888
Archives Department Government of Kerala
- Records of the Malabar District of the Madras Presidency ( 1805-1956) are available in the Regional Archives, Civil Station Kozhikode
  - A guide to Kozhikode archives October 5, 2011 The Hindu

‪Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics, of the Provinces of Malabar and Canara‬: ‪Compiled from the Records of the Medical Board Office‬ 1844 Google Books. Includes Cannanore, Tellicherry, Calicut and Mangalore
Calicut page 40, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast"
"Kingdom of Calicut" page 154 A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the beginning of the sixteenth century by Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese. Translated from an early Spanish manuscript in the Barcelona library with notes and a preface by Henry E. J. Stanley. 1866 Archive.org
The travels of Pietro della Valle in India : from the old English translation of 1664, edited by Edward Grey (late Bengal Civil Service) 1892 Archive.org Volume I, Volume II. Pietro della Valle arrived in India 10 February 1623 at Surat, embarking from Goa 16 November 1624 including a visit to Calicut.
The Zamorins of Calicut (from the earliest times down to A. D. 1806) by K V Krishna Ayyar 1938 Archive.org

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 *[http://archive.org/stream/adescriptioncoa00barbgoog#page/n181/mode/2up  "Kingdom of Calicut"]  page 154 ''A description of the coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the beginning of the sixteenth century by Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese. Translated from an early Spanish manuscript in the Barcelona library'' with notes and a preface by Henry E. J. Stanley.  1866 Archive.org
 *''The travels of Pietro della Valle in India : from the old English translation of 1664'', edited by Edward Grey (late Bengal Civil Service) 1892 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/travelsofpietrod00dell Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/travelspietrode00havegoog Volume II]. Pietro della Valle arrived in India  10 February 1623 at Surat, embarking from Goa  16 November 1624 including a  visit to Calicut.
+*[https://archive.org/details/TheZamorinsOfCalicutto1806 ''The Zamorins of Calicut (from the earliest times down to A. D. 1806'')] by K V Krishna Ayyar 1938 Archive.org
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