25 Facts About Malabar District

Malabar District, known as Malayalam District, was an administrative district on the southwestern Malabar Coast of Bombay Presidency and Madras Presidency in British India, and independent India's Madras State.

Malabar District merged with the erstwhile state of Travancore-Cochin to form Kerala according to the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.

The work Malabar District Manual authored by William Logan in two volumes explains the characteristics of Malabar District.

Malabar District lay between the Arabian Sea on the west, South Canara Malabar District on the north, the Western Ghats to the east, and the princely state of Cochin to the south.

Until the arrival of British, the term Malabar District was used in foreign trade circles as a general name for Kerala.

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Still the term Malabar District is often used to denote the entire southwestern coast of India.

Malabar District is reminiscent of the word Malanad which means the land of hills.

South Malabar District was the seat of the kingdoms of Parappanad, Vettathunadu, Valluvanadu, Nedungadis, and Palakkad.

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

Malabar District 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.

In 1664, the municipality of Fort Kochi was established by Dutch Malabar District, making it the first municipality in Indian subcontinent, which got dissolved when the Dutch authority got weaker in the 18th century.

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

British in Malabar District converted Thiyyar army, called as Thiyya pattalam into a special regiment centered at Thalassery called as The Thiyyar Regiment in 1904.

The oldest railway lines of Kerala lie in Malabar District which was laid in the late 19th century for the transportation of good and services; the line laid from Tirur to Beypore in 1861 being the first among them.

Exceptional Nadus included the British colonies which were included in the Malabar District, those were detached from the mainland Taluks of Malabar District by land or sea.

In 1664, the municipality of Fort Kochi was established by Dutch Malabar District, making it the first municipality in Indian subcontinent, which got dissolved when the Dutch authority got weaker in the 18th century.

Malabar District was the venue for many of the Mappila revolts between 1792 and 1921.

Malabar District was divided into the three districts of Kozhikode, Palakkad, and Kannur on 1 January 1957.

Malappuram Malabar District was created from parts of Kozhikode and Palakkad in 1969, and Wayanad Malabar District was created in 1980 from parts of Kozhikode and Kannur.

The mainland area of Malabar District, was surrounded by South Canara to north, the princely states of Coorg and Mysore to northeast, the British districts of Nilgiris and Coimbatore to southeast, and the princely state of Cochin to south.

The highest peaks in Malabar District was located in Nilambur region on the vicinity of Nilgiri Mountains.

Largest three rivers in Malabar District were, Bharathappuzha, Chaliyar, Kadalundippuzha, all of them flowing through South Malabar.

The following table gives the cities and towns of Malabar district classified by their population as of the 1951 Census:.

At the time of 1951 Census of India, Malabar District was divided into 5 Municipalities and 100 Panchayat Boards.

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

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