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'''Calicut''' was the headquarters of the [[Malabar|Malabar District]]


Also see [[Malabar]]
The station at this town was on the  [[Madras Railway]] which became the [[South Indian Railway]] [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|broad gauge (BG)]] '[[Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline]]'


== Spelling Variants ==
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kozhikode<br>
Modern name: Kozhikode<br>
Variants: Calicut<br>
Variants: Calicut, Kalikot <br>


== Military history ==
== Military history ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://calicutheritage.blogspot.com/ Calicut Heritage]
*[http://calicutheritage.blogspot.com/ Calicut Heritage]
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-02/1170927607 post] about mixed marriages mentions  Calicut
*A background description by Nick Balmer of the social situation of Indian women in the settlements on the Malabar and Coromandel Coasts who married  Europeans  (in the years to c 1800-1820), where it is suggested this may have included Hindu women.<ref>Balmer, Nicholas.  [https://web.archive.org/web/20200226035044/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/4207842/ India Princess''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 8 February 2007, now archived.</ref>
*[http://historicalleys.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/danish-factory-in-calicut-1752-1796.html The Danish Factory in Calicut 1752-1796] by Maddy. historicalleys.blogspot
*[http://historicalleys.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/danish-factory-in-calicut-1752-1796.html The Danish Factory in Calicut 1752-1796] by Maddy. historicalleys.blogspot
*[http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/bmpix/controller/index.htm  Search the photographic Archives of the Basel Mission with search word Calicut]digitallibrary.usc.edu
*[http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/bmpix/controller/index.htm  Search the photographic Archives of the Basel Mission with search word Calicut] digitallibrary.usc.edu
*[http://www.calicutdiocese.com/history.htm 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.
*[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/a-milestone/article4013251.ece A milestone] by P. Anima October 19, 2012 ''The Hindu''. The Railway was opened to Calicut on the 2 January 1888
*[http://keralastatearchives.org/main1.htm 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
***[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2513726.ece A guide to Kozhikode archives] October 5, 2011 The Hindu
 
=== Historical books online===
=== Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=9&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_295.gif Calicut] Imperial Gazetteer
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-4xDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 ''‪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]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA40 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"
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA40 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"
*[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
*[https://archive.org/details/eurasiansofmadra0000thur/page/n7/mode/2up "Eurasians of Madras and Malabar"] by Edgar Thurston page 69-114 ''Madras Government Museum Bulletin'' Vol II, No 2 1898 Archive.org. Contains references to Calicut.


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[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]

Latest revision as of 03:07, 27 September 2020

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, which became South Indian Railway

Calicut was the headquarters of the Malabar District

The station at this town was on the Madras Railway which became the South Indian Railway broad gauge (BG) 'Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline'

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Kozhikode
Variants: Calicut, Kalikot

Military history

Battle of Calicut 1789
Battle of Calicut 1790

Churches

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. Balmer, Nicholas. India Princess Rootsweb India Mailing List 8 February 2007, now archived.