23 Facts About Kannur

Kannur, formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India.

Kannur was the headquarters of Kolathunadu, one of the four most important dynasties on the Malabar Coast, along with the Zamorin of Calicut, Kingdom of Cochin and Kingdom of Quilon.

Kannur municipality was formed on 1 November 1866 by the Madras Act 10 of 1865 of the British Indian Empire, along with the municipalities of Thalassery, Kozhikode, Palakkad and Fort Kochi, making them the first modern municipalities in the state.

Kannur District was the seat of powerful kingdom based at Ezhimala in the Sangam period .

Kannur was an important trading center in the 12th century, with active business connections with Persia and Arabia.

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Kannur served as the East India Company military headquarters on India's west coast until 1887.

The people of Kannur are still waiting for their old glory to get back and they feel they are being sidelined because the state administration is located the exact opposite side of the state.

Part of the original city of Kannur was under Kerala's only Muslim Royalty called the Arakkal and this area is still known as city.

The St Angelo Fort at Kannur was built in 1505 by Dom Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of India.

Kannur is located north of Kozhikode, south of Kasargod and Mangalore, west of the Western Ghat regions of Kodagu and Wayanad, and east of the Laccadive Sea.

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

Kannur Corporation is the fifth City Corporation in Kerala after the creation of the state.

Kannur District has five Kendriya Vidyalaya at Kannur, Keltron Nagar, Payyanur, Ezhimala, and Thalassery, Peringome.

Kannur University was established by Act 22 of 1996 of the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

The objective of the Kannur University Act 1996 was to establish in the state of Kerala a teaching, residential and affiliating university so as to provide for the development of higher education in Kasargod and Kannur revenue districts and the Mananthavady Taluk of Wayanad district.

Government Brennen College, the first college in Kannur, established in the year 1862, provide education to more than 2500 students.

Government College of Engineering, Kannur was established in 1986 near Dharmasala, Kannur as a center for imparting engineering education in northern Kerala.

Government Medical College, Kannur was established in 1993 at Pariyaram to serve Kannur city and surroundings.

Kannur cuisine is a blend of traditional Kerala, Persian, Yemenese and Arab food culture.

Kannur has a good road network connecting to Mangalore, Bangalore, Mysore, Kodagu and Cochin.

Kannur is on National Highway 66 or between Kozhikode and Mangalore.

Kannur is connected to Kodagu, Mysore and Bangalore in Karnataka by the Kannur-Coorg-Mysore Highway.

Kannur is well connected through rail with Mangalore and Kozhikode.