Cochin

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Cochin
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 9.9509843°N 76.251649°E
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kochi
State/Province: Kerala
Country: India
Transport links

Cochin (now called Kochi) is a city in the modern state of Kerala. In the British era it was part of the Madras (Presidency). Kochi City comprises three municipalities in the Cochin area: Fort Cochin, Mattancherry and Ernakulam. Ernakulam is the largest urban area.

History

Cochin became the site of the earliest European settlement in India when the Portuguese landed in 1500. The Kingdom of Cochin (see Cochin State) agreed friendly relations with the Portuguese, who cemented their involvement in the city by winning a war with the rulers of Calicut. Although the Raja of Cochin was nominally in charge, the Portuguese effectively ruled the city from 1503-1663. The Dutch then conquered Cochin and ruled the territory until 1773 when Hyder Ali took possession. In 1814, the British acquired Cochin under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty in exchange for the island of Banca (in Indonesia).

Fort Cochin area

Built around the old Portuguese Fort Emmanuel, this area is the oldest part of Cochin, with Portuguese, Dutch and British buildings.

Churches

Interactive Map

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="9.9509843" lon="76.251649" zoom="13"> controls="small" icons="http://wiki.fibis.org/images/mapfiles/marker{label}.png"> (A) 9.965996, 76.241043, St Francis Church, Cochin

St Francis Church, Napier Road,Kochi
St Francis Church, Napier Road,Kochi

</googlemap>

The map to the right shows locations of interest in Kochi.

Hover your cursor over the markers on the map to reveal the places marked or use the below index.

Clicking on the markers also produces a balloon with further location details.

Locations index

File:Church-2.png - St Francis Church, Napier Street


External links

  • Wikipedia:

Historical books online

The land of the Permauls: or Cochin, its past and its present by Francis Day 1863 (archive.org)