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Tellicherry
Fort is
in Thalassery (Tellicherry)
a
town
in Kannur
District of Kerala state
in
south India.
Tellicherry
was
one
of
the
most
important
European
trading
centers
of
Kerala.
The
Fort
lies
on
the
group
of
low
wooden
hill
running
down
to
sea
and
protected
by
natural
waters.
It
has
been
the
main
opening
for
the
rich
spices,
hill
products
and
timber
of
the
vast
inter-land
.The
French
came
first
to
Tellicherry
for
trading,
they
got
a
strong
grip
at Mahé,
Puducherry,
5 km
south
of
Tellicherry
town.
Towards
end
of
the
17th
century
the
British
opened
a
factory
north
of
Tellicherry.
Later
they
obtained
a
site
from
Vadakkelamkur,
the
de
facto
ruler
of Kolathunad and
established
a
factory
at
Tellicherry
in
1708.
But
the
Udayamangalam
branch
of
Kolathiri
family
and
Korangoth
Nair,
the
local
chieftain
resented
this
action
and
they
attacked
and
caused
serious
damage
to
English
property.
In
order
to
safe
guard
their
trade
activities
with
the
support
of
the
Kolathiri
Raja
they
build
a
fort
around
the
out
laying
hills
of
Tellicherry.
The
French
occupation
of Mahé,
Puducherry in
1725
compelled
the
British
Company
to
sthrengthen
the
fortification
to
establish
a
stronghold
on
the Malabar
Coast.
In
1736,
the
British
took
the
possession
of
Dharmadam
Island.
The
British
sustained
strong
military
establishment
at
Tellicherry,
from
1776
to
1784.
In
1781 Hyder
Ali,
ruler
of
the Kingdom
of
Mysore,
was
unsuccessful
in
capturing
the
Fort
in
his
campaign
to
control
Malabar.
His
successor, Tipu
Sultan,
was
forced
to
cede Malabar
District to
the
British
in
1792,
at
the
conclusion
of
the Third
Anglo-Maratha
War.
The
Tellicherry
fort
over
looking
the
sea,
raises
to
height
of
10m
and
it
is
oblong
on
pian.
It
was
built
out
of laterite blocks
with
high
round
holed
walls
and
strong
flanking
basetions.
The
small
redoubts
on
most
of
the
out
playing
hills
have
long
since
disappeared,
but
Tellicherry
fort
is
in
fair
state
of
preservation.
The
square
fort,
with
its
massive
walls,
strong
flanking
bastions,
secret tunnels to
the
sea
and
intricately
carved
huge
doors,
is
an
imposing
structure.
A
light
house
marks
the
site
of
an
old
redoubt.
The
fort
was
once
the
nucleus
of
Thalassery's
development.
Tellicherry
was
also
famous
for
the
cricket
match
played
between
the
Europeans
and
local
teams
in
the
town
near
the
seashore,
which
used
to
attract
enormous
crowds
during
those
days.
This
is
a
centrally
protected
monument
under
the
control
of Archaeological
Survey
of
India since
1921.
