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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 577 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TELLICHERRY , a seaport of See also:

British See also:India, in the See also:Malabar See also:district of See also:Madras, between See also:Cannanore and the See also:French See also:settlement of See also:Mahe. Pop. (1901) 27,883. It is a healthy and picturesque See also:town, built upon a See also:group of wooded hills See also:running down to the See also:sea, and is protected by a natural See also:breakwater of See also:rock. The town with its suburbs occupies about 5 sq. tn., and was at one See also:time defended by a strong mud See also:wall. The old fort still stands to the See also:north of the town. The See also:East India See also:Company established a factory here in 1683 for the See also:pepper and See also:cardamom See also:trade. For two years (178o-82) the town withstood a See also:siege by Hyder's See also:general, and in the subsequent See also:wars with See also:Mysore Tellicherry was the See also:base of operations for the ascent of the See also:Ghats from the See also:west See also:coast. The town is a busy centre of export trade in See also:coffee, coco-See also:nut produce, spices and See also:sandal-See also:wood. The See also:Basel See also:Protestant See also:mission has a station here. The See also:municipality manages the Brennen See also:college founded in 1862.

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Tellicherry is famous for three 'c's; Cricket, Circus & Cakes. Cricket in India was first played in Tellicherry. India's first Cricket Club, Town Cricket Club, was also founded in Tellicherry. In 2002, Tellicherry celebrated 200th year of Cricket by hosting an India - Sri Lanka cricket match.
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