History

Most of Malabar District was included among the territories ceded to the British East India Company in 1792 by Tipu Sultan of Mysore at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Mysore War; Wayanad was ceded in 1799 at the conclusion of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. The region was organized into a district of Madras Presidency. The administrative headquarters were at Calicut (Kozhikode). After Indian independence, Madras Presidency was reorganized into Madras state, which was divided along linguistic lines on November 1, 1956, when Malabar District was merged with the Malayalam-speaking Kasaragod District immediately to the north and the state of Travancore-Cochin to the south to form the state of Kerala. Malabar District was divided into the three districts of Kozhikode, Palakkad, and Kannur on January 1, 1957. Malappuram District was created from parts of Kozhikode and Palakkad in 1969, andWayanad District was created in 1980 from parts of Kozhikode and Kannur.

The name Malabar was not in general use until the arrival of the Europeans. The word is most probably the fusion of the Dravidian Mala (Hill) and Puram (region) derived or westernized into bar. Malabar may so be taken to mean the hill country, a name well suited to its physical characteristics.

[edit]Geography

The district was widely scattered and consists of the following parts:-

• Malabar Proper extending north to south along the coast, a distance of around 240 kilometer, and lying between N. Lat 10° 15′ and 12° 18′ N and E.Long. 75° 14′ and 76° 56′.
• A group of nineteen isolated bits of territory lying scattered, fifteen of them in the native state of Cochin and the remaining four in those of Travancore, but all of them near the coast line. These isolated bits of territory form the taluk of British Cochin.
• Two other detached bits of land within the Travancore.
• Four inhabited and ten uninhabited islands of Lakshadweep. The four inhabited islands are: Agatti, Kavaratti, Androth, and Kalpeni.
• The solitary island of Minicoy.

[edit]Taluks

• Calicut (Area:379 square miles (980 km²); Headquarters:Calicut)
• Chirakkal (Area:677 square miles (1,750 km²); Headquarters:Chirakkal), now Kannur
• Cochin (Area:2 square miles (5.2 km²); Headquarters:Cochin)
• Ernad (Area:979 square miles (2,540 km²); Headquarters:)
• Kottayam (Area:489 square miles (1,270 km²); Headquarters:Kottayam), now Talassery
• Kurumbranad (Area:505 square miles (1,310 km²); Headquarters:),now Vadakara
• Laccadive Islands (Headquarters:Kavaratti)
• Palghat (Area:643 square miles (1,670 km²); Headquarters:Palghat)
• Ponnani (Area:426 square miles (1,100 km²); Headquarters:Ponnani)
• Valluvanad (Area:882 square miles (2,280 km²); Headquarters:), now Perinthalmanna
• Wynad (Area:821 square miles (2,130 km²); Headquarters:Kalpetta)

[edit]Today's Taluks in erstwhile Malabar

Kannur District:

1. Taliparamba
2. Kannur
3. Talassery

Wayanad District:

1. Mananthavady
2. Sulthan Bathery
3. Vythiri (Kalpetta)

Kozhikode District:

1. Vadakara
2. Koyilandy
3. Kozhikode

Malappuram District:

1. Tirurangadi
2. Eranad (Manjeri)
3. Nilambur
4. Perinthalmanna
5. Tirur
6. Ponnani

Palakkad District:

1. Mannarkkad
2. Ottappalam
3. Palakkad

Thrissur District:

1. Chavakkad

Note: Kasaragod and Hosdurg taluks in Kasaragod district is sometimes considered as part of Malabar region, however not part of erstwhile Malabar district.

[edit]Representatives from Malabar to Madras State

• In C. Rajagopalachari Ministry: 1) Kongattil Raman Menon (1937–39), 2) C. J. Varkey (1937–39)

• In Prakasam Ministry: 1) R. Raghavamenon (1946–47)

• In Ramaswami Reddyar Ministry: 1) Kozhippurathu Madhavamenon (1947–49)

• In P. S. Kumaraswami Ministry: 1) Kozhippurathu Madhavamenon (1949–52)

• In C. Rajagopalachari Ministry: 1) K. P. Kuttikrishnan Nair (1952–54)

Malabar Coast

The Malabar Coast, in historical contexts, refers to India's southwest coast, lying on the narrow coastal plain of Karnataka and Kerala states between the Western Ghats range and the Arabian Sea. The coast runs from south of Goa to Cape Comorin on India's southern tip.

The Malabar Coast is also sometimes used as an all encompassing term for the entire Indiancoast from the western coast of Konkan to the tip of the subcontinent at Cape Comorin. It is over 525 miles or 845 km long. It spans from the South - Western coast of Maharashtra and goes along the coastal region of Goa, through the entire western coast of Karnataka and Kerala and reaches till Kanyakumari. It is flanked by the Arabian Sea on the west and the Western Ghats on the east. The Southern part of this narrow coast is the South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests.

The Malabar Coast features a number of historic port cities. Notable among these are the Muziris, Beypore and Thundi (near Kadalundi) during ancient times and Kozhikode (Calicut),Cochin, and Kannur in the medieval period and have served as centers of the Indian Ocean trade for centuries. Because of their orientation to the sea and to maritime commerce, the coastal cities of Malabar are very cosmopolitan and have hosted some of the first groups of Christians (now known as Syrian Malabar Nasranis), Anglo-Indians, Jews (today called asCochin Jews), and Muslims (at present known as Mappilas) in India.

Geographically, the Malabar Coast, especially on its westward-facing mountain slopes, comprises the wettest region of southern India as the Western Ghats intercept the moisture-ladenmonsoon rains.

districts which are including in malabar

PALAKKAD
MALAPPURAM
KOZHIKODE
WAYANAD
KANNUR
KASARGOD

Details of malabar

Malabar (Northern Kerala) (Malayalam: മലബാര്‍, Tamil: மலபார் ) is an area of southern Indialying between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. The name is thought to be derived from the Malayalam word Mala (hill) and puram (region) derived or westernised into bar. This part of India was a part of the British East India Company-controlled Madras State, when it was designated as Malabar District. It included the northern half of the state of Kerala and some coastal regions of present day Karnataka. The area is predominantly Hindu but the majority of Kerala's Muslim population known as Mappila also live in this area, as well as a sizable ancientChristian population.^[1]The name is sometimes extended to the entire south-western coast of the peninsula, called the Malabar Coast. Malabar is also used by ecologists to refer to the tropical and subtropical moist broad-leaf forests of south-western India (present day Kerala).

It is important to note that in ancient times, the term Malabar was used to denote the entire south-western coast of the Indian peninsula. But, today Malabar is only used for the formerMalabar district, or northern districts of Kerala state.
Photos of some famous malabar land marks

malabar rampage route map

MAP OF MALABAR

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