Malabar District was an administrative district of British India and independent India's Madras State. The British district included the present-day districts of Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Malappuram, and Palakkad in the northern part of Kerala state. The district lay between the Arabian Sea on the west, South Kanara District on the north, the Western Ghats to the east, and the princely state of Cochin to the south. The district covered an area of 15,009 km² (5795 square miles), and extended 233 km (145 miles) along the coast and 40-120 kilometres (25-75 miles) inland. The British Raj is an informal term for the period of British rule of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon). ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Kannur or Cannanore is a district (and also the name of the town which is its headquarters) in northern Kerala, a state in India. ... Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the third largest city (pop. ... Wayanad district in Kerala Wayanad District, in the north-east of Kerala, India, was formed on November 1, 1980 as the 12th district, carved out of Kozhikode and Kannur districts. ... Malappuram district, Kerala Malappuram is a city in Kerala state, India. ... Palakkad or Palghat is one of the 14 districts of Kerala state in South India. ... List of famous Keralites Districts of Kerala Local Body Election in Kerala Malayalam External links Government of Kerala Chief Minister of Kerala Kerala Trivia Poorams Pachakam Categories: | | ... Map of the Arabian Sea. ... Dakshina Kannada, also called South Kannada, South Kanara, or South Canara, is a district of Indias Karnataka state. ... Enlarge this map of South India to see details about Western Ghats Nelliampathi mountains, Kerala A view from Ponmudi The Western Ghats or Sahyadri mountains (as they are known in the state of Maharashtra) run along the western edge of Indias Deccan Plateau, and separate the plateau from a... A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince, both terms being taken in the broad sense. ... Cochin may refer to: Cochin China Kingdom of Kochi, a former princely state of India, merged with Travancore to form the State of Kerala Cochin city, the former name of the city of Kochi, in Kerala Hôpital Cochin, a famous hospital in Paris, France Cochin font, from the Adobe...

The district came under British control at the conclusion of the Anglo-Mysore wars in 1799, and the region was organized into a district of Madras Presidency. The administrative headquarters were at Calicut (Kozhikode). After Indian independence, Madras Presidency was reorganized into Madras state, which was divided along linguistic lines on November 1, 1956, when Malabar district was merged with the Malayalam-speaking Kasaragod District immediately to the north and the state of Travancore-Cochin to the south to form the state of Kerala. The Anglo-Mysore Wars were a series of eighteenth-century wars fought in India between the Kingdom of Mysore (then a French ally) and the British East-India Company, represented chiefly by the Madras Presidency. ... Madras Presidency, also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kasaragod town and district in Kerala Bekal Fort Beach Kasaragod (also spelled Kasargod or Kasargode) is the northern-most district in the state of Kerala, India. ... Thiru-Kochi, formerly known as Travancore-Cochin, is a former state of India. ...