Thalassery
| Thalassery തലശ്ശേരി |
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| State : | Kerala | ||
| District : | Kannur | ||
| Location : | 11 ° 45 ′ N , 75 ° 29 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 11 m | ||
| Area : | 23.96 km² | ||
| Residents : | 92,558 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 3863 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Website : | www.thalasserymunicipality.in/ | ||
Thalassery ( Malayalam : തലശ്ശേരി Talaśśēri [ ˈt̪aləɕːeːɾi ]), formerly Anglicized Tellicherry , is a city in the Indian state of Kerala . It is located on the Malabar Coast in the Kannur district in northern Kerala, around 20 kilometers south of the district capital, Kannur (Cannanore) and around 70 kilometers north of Kozhikode (Calicut). The city is the administrative seat of the Taluks (sub-district) Thalassery. With 99,386 inhabitants (2001 census) Thalassery is the most populous city in the Kannur district and the eighth largest city in Kerala.
In 1683 or 1684 which entered Raja of Kolattiri , a local ruler, Thalassery to the British East India Company from the one here Faktorei built. Thalassery was the first British possession on the Malabar coast and was in competition with the nearby Dutch and French possessions of Kannur and Mahé . In 1708 Fort Thalassery was built to protect the trading post. During the Second Mysore War troops besieged Mysore from 1780 to 1782 without success Thalassery. After the Mysore Wars were over , Thalassery and the surrounding areas became part of British India for good .
In the 19th century there was a mission station of the Protestant Basel Mission in Thalassery . Hermann Gundert , Hermann Hesse's grandfather, worked here from 1839 to 1859. He is highly respected in Kerala for his services to the study of Malayalam .
photos
Fishing boats on Thalassery beach
The Thalassery Fort
Statue of Hermann Gundert in Thalassery
Web links
- Thalassery City Council website
- Imperial Gazetteer of India. London 1908. Keyword: Tellicherry Town . Volume 23, p. 276.
