Perumpadapu Swaroopam (also know as Madarajyam, Goshree Rajyam, Kuru Swaroopam) was the name of the Kingdom of Kochi. It included the places around Kochi in Keralam, India. Later, it was merged with Thiruvithaamcoore to create Thiru-Kochi, which were merged with Malabar on November 1, 1956 to form the State of Kerala.
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Emergence Of Kingdom Of Cochin And Cochin Royal Family (http://www.tripunithura.com/history/crf.aspx)
In Kochi or Kochi, dawn is not often a thing of breathtaking beauty, but just a careless smear of tinted light where sea and sky unite.
For centuries, Kochi was the battleground of European powers for the mastery of the lucrative trade of the Indian west coast.
The Dutch palace at Mattancherry was actually built by the Portuguese and presented to the Kochi ruler Vira Kerala Varma in 1555 as an act of expiation for the plunder and desecration of a temple near the Raja's palace by a hot-headed young Portuguese officer.
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