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'''CannanoreKannur''' is on the [[Malabar]] (west) coast, north of [[Tellicherry]] and south of [[Mangalore]]. It was the British military headquarters on the west coast until 1887.
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kannur<br>
Variants: Cannanore, Kananore
== History ==
[[Image:Kannur fort chapel.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The fort chapel, now ruins.]]
'''Cannanore ''' was an early Portuguese settlement, Vasco de Gama landing there in 1498 on his way home from [[Calicut]] and a factory and colony following soon afterwards. In 1505, Francisco de Almeida (the first Portuguese Viceroy of India) founded St Angelo's Fort. In the 1660s the Dutch took control of Cannanore, but they relinquished power in the 1770s. In the following decade the British invaded the town when the Bibi captured 250 soldiers en route to the fight against Tipu Sultan. As the west coast headquarters Cannanore was a flourishing trade centre, third only on the west coast to [[Bombay]] and [[Karachi]], but when the HQ moved to the [[Nilgiris]] in 1887, its significance and prosperity waned.
==== Military ====
[[Battle of Cannanore]] 1783
== St Angelo's Fort ==
The fort is in the cantonment area of Cannanore. It is also known as Cannanore Fort.
== Churches and missions ==
*Holy Trinity - Catholic
*Basel German Mission
==Schools==
==== Rail ====
Cannanore was an intermediate station on the [[Calicut]] to [[Mangalore]] section of the [[Madras Railway]].
== External links ==
:*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Cannanore Cannanore] LoveToKnow 1911
:*[http://www.bmpix.org/visip_rahul/chapter1_58.htm Basel Mission Picture Archive] Old photos of Cannanore taken by the Basel Mission Church
:*[http://malabardays.blogspot.com/search/label/Cannanore Malabar Days blog] Interesting posts about Cannanore churches, cemeteries and fort*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&dq=Cannanore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA183,M1 Cannanore] Gazetteer 1857
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]
