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CANNANORE, or KANANORE

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 184 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CANNANORE, or KANANORE , a See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Malabar See also:district of See also:Madras, on the See also:coast, 58 m. N. from See also:Calicut and 470 M. by See also:rail from Madras. Pop. (Igor) 27,811. Cannanore belonged to the Kalahasti or Cherakal rajas till the invasion of Malabar by Hyder See also:Ali. In 1498 it was visited by Vasco da Gama; in 1501 a Portuguese factory was planted here by Cabral; in 1502 da Gama made a treaty with the See also:raja, and in 1505 a fort was built. In 1656 the Dutch effected a See also:settlement and built the See also:present fort, which they sold to Ali Raja in 1771. In 1783 Cannanore was captured by the British, and the reigning princess became tributary to the See also:East India See also:Company. Here is the See also:residence of the See also:Moplah See also:chief, known as the Ali Raja, who owns most of the Laccadive Islands. Cannanore was the military headquarters of the British on the See also:west coast until 1887.

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