24 Facts About Kozhikode

Kozhikode, known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India.

Kozhikode is classified as a Tier 2 city by the Government of India.

The port at Kozhikode acted as the gateway to medieval South Indian coast for the Chinese, the Arabs, the Portuguese, the Dutch and finally the British.

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

Kozhikode was the capital of an independent kingdom ruled by the samoothiris in the Middle Ages and later of the erstwhile Malabar District under British rule.

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Kozhikode describes Kozhikode as "one of the great ports of the district of Malabar" where "merchants of all parts of the world are found here".

Kozhikode makes note of the 20 or 30 mosques built to cater to the religious needs of the Muslims, the unique system of calculation by the merchants using their fingers and toes and the matrilineal system of succession.

Italian Niccolo de' Conti, perhaps the first Christian traveller who noticed Kozhikode, describes the city as abounding in pepper, lac, ginger, a larger kind of cinnamon, myrobalans and zedary.

Kozhikode calls it a noble emporium for all India, with a circumference of 13 kilometres .

Kozhikode and its suburbs formed part of the Polanad kingdom, which was a vassal state to the Kolathunadu of North Malabar, ruled by the Porlatiri.

Krishna Iyer, the rise of Kozhikode is at once a cause and a consequence of Samoothiri's ascendancy in Kerala.

Kozhikode came under British Rule after the Mysorean conquest of Malabar in the late 18th century CE.

Kozhikode was the capital city of Malabar District, one of the two districts in the western coast of Madras presidency.

Kozhikode municipality was formed on 1 November 1866 according to the Madras Act 10 of 1865 of the British Indian Empire, making it the first modern municipality in the state.

Kozhikode Municipality was upgraded into Kozhikode Municipal Corporation in the year 1962, making it the second-oldest Municipal Corporation in the state.

Kozhikode has been a multi-ethnic and multi-religious town since the early medieval period.

Pre-modern Kozhikode was already teeming with people of several communities and regional groups.

Kozhikode Corporation is the first City Corporation in Kerala after the creation of the state.

In 2012, Kozhikode was given the tag of "City of Sculptures" because of the architectural sculptures around the city.

Kozhikode has a tradition of Ghazal and Hindustani music appreciation.

The Malayalam channels based on Kozhikode are the Shalom Television, Darshana TV and Media One TV.

Kozhikode is home to two premier educational institutions of national importance: the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, and the National Institute of Technology Calicut .

Government Law College, Kozhikode situated in Vellimadukunnu on the out skirts of kozhikode town, is owned by the Government of Kerala and affiliated to the University of Calicut.

The erstwhile Malabar district, of which the present Kozhikode district formed a part, holds a high rank among the districts of Madras Presidency in secondary education.