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|presidency= [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]
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|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.855338,75.361705&z=13&t=h&hl=en 11.855300°N 75.361615°E]
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|presentname=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur]|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeralaKerala]|country=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]|transport=[[Madras Railway]]
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'''Cannanore''' 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<br>, Kananore
== History ==
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==
Built by the Portuguese in 1505, the triangular fort was captured by the Dutch in 1663 and held until 1771 when it was sold to the Ali Raja. The British seized it in 1790 and the fort subsequently became a central part of British military operations on the Malabar coast.
The fort is in the cantonment area of Cannanore.
==Churches and missions==
*St John's Church - Protestant, now disused
*Basel German Mission
== Transport ====== Rail ====Cannanore was an intermediate station on the [[Calicut]] to [[Mangalore]] section of the [[Madras Railway]]. ==External links==
'''Wikipedia'''
:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur]
:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Angelo%27s_Fort St Angelo's Fort]
'''Other'''
:*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Cannanore Cannonre] 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
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]
