Quilon

Also see Malabar

Quilon, present day Kollam, is a port on the Malabar Coast. It was situated in the Princely State of Travancore which had individual residency status under the Madras Presidency

A British garrison was stationed at Quilon in pursuance of a treaty between Travancore and the British.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Kollam
Variants: Quilon/Coilum/Coylangh/Coylang/Coelang/Qualla/Quallaan/Oualla (The latter variants are from this Cape of Good Hope List thread)

Records

• BACSA have published a book entitled The Malabar Coast : the burial registers of St Thomas' Church, Quilon and Christ Church, Trivandrum which details inscriptions of those buried there. The index of persons named therein can be searched at BACSA Search. Applications can be made to BACSA for copies of relevant material.

External links

• Quilon Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21, page 21.
• Kollam Wikipedia
• History:Kollam National Informatics Centre , Government of India.
• Quilon from Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes (Columbia University)