14 Facts About Fort Kochi

Fort Kochi, Fort Cochin in English, Cochim de Baixo in Cochin Portuguese creole, is a neighbourhood of Cochin city in Kerala, India.

Fort Kochi takes its name from the Fort Manuel of Cochin, the first European fort on Indian soil, controlled by the Portuguese East Indies.

Fort Kochi can be accessed from Ernakulam through roadways and water ways.

Port at Kozhikode held superior economic and political position in medieval Kerala coast, while Kannur, Kollam, and Fort Kochi, were commercially important secondary ports, where the traders from various parts of the world would gather.

Fort Kochi was a fishing village in the Kingdom of Kochi in the pre-colonial Kerala.

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The territory that would be later known as Fort Kochi was granted to the Portuguese in 1503 by the Rajah of Kochi, after the forces of Afonso de Albuquerque helped him fighting the forces of Saamoothiri of Kozhikode.

The first part of the name Fort Kochi comes from this fort, which the Dutch later destroyed.

Natural harbour of Fort Kochi was created by a flood that destroyed the harbour of the town Kodungallur.

The Maharaja of Fort Kochi felt threatened by the Zamorin of Calicut, and he hoped that the Portuguese would help him in his defense from the neighbouring king of Calicut.

Fort Kochi was devastated by Hyder Ali, then later by his son Tipu Sultan.

Fort Kochi came under the influence of the British around this period.

In 1814, Fort Kochi became a part of the Madras Presidency becoming a part of the British colonial empire.

The British shaped the country until the 20th century, and Fort Kochi has always been an important harbour and trade center.

Municipality of Fort Kochi was formed on 1 November 1866 according to the Madras Act 10 of 1865 of the British Indian Empire, along with the municipalities of Kozhikode, Kannur, Thalassery, and Palakkad, making them the first modern municipalities in the modern state of Kerala, as a part of the Malabar District.