The Malabar region lies along the southwest coast of India and forms the northern part of the present-day state of Kerala. Malayalam is the chief language of the region. Kerala ( (Anglicised) or (native); Malayalam: േകരളം, — ) is a state on the tropical Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... Malayalam (മലയാളം ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ...

Location

The Malabar region is in southern India between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, making up the northern half of the state of Kerala. Geographically the name is sometimes extended to the entire southwestern coast of peninsular India to the area called the Malabar Coast or the Malabari Coast . The land is tropical wet forests typical of southwestern India. South India is a geographic and linguistic-cultural region of India. ... The Western Ghats are a mountain range in India. ... Map of the Arabian Sea. ... Kerala ( (Anglicised) or (native); Malayalam: േകരളം, — ) is a state on the tropical Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... A map of South India, its rivers, regions and water bodies. ... Malabar Coast, Kerala Bekal Fort Beach, Kerala The Malabar Coast also known as the Malabarian Coast, is a long and narrow south-western shore line of the mainland Indian subcontinent. ... Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, also known as tropical wet forests and tropical rainforests, are a tropical and subtropical forest biome. ...

History

The ancestors of today's Dravidian population have inhabited the Malabar region for centuries. The region formed part of the ancient kingdom of Chera. It became part of the Hindu Vijayanagara empire in the 15th century. With the breakup of the empire in the mid-16th century, the Malabur region came under the rule of a number of local chieftains notably the Kolathiris of Kasargod, Zamorins of Calicut, and the Valluvokonathiris of Walluvanad. In the 18th century, during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, the Malabar region came under British rule. The Dravidian Race is the name sometimes still given to the peoples of southern and central India and northern Sri Lanka who speak Dravidian languages, the best known of which are Tamil (தமிழ்), Telugu (తెలుగు), Kannada and Malayalam. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chera dynasty. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... This article is about the leader. ... Mooshaka kingdom, present Kasaragod, Kannur and other nearby places of north Kerala state in India, had come to be known as Kolathunad and the rulers known as Kolathiris. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Zamorin, a title of the kings of Kozhikode (Calicut) The Samoothiri Raja (anglicized as Zamorin) were the erstwhile rulers of Kozhikode (Calicut). ... Walluvanad was a princely state in Kerala state extending from the Nila River (Bharathapuzha) in the south to the Panthaloor Mala in the North. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... 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. ...

When the Anglo-Mysore wars concluded, the Malabar region became part of a province of British India known as the Madras Presidency. This province included the present-day Kannur District, Kozhikode District, Wayanad District, Malappuram District, most of Palakkad District and a small part of Thrissur District. The administrative headquarters was in Calicut, known today as Kozhikode. British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ... Madras Presidency, also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. ... For the town with the same name, see Kannur. ... Kozhikode District is a district of Kerala state, situated on the southwest coast of India. ... For the district with the same name, see Wayanad District. ... For the town with the same name, see Malappuram. ... For the town with the same name, see Palakkad. ... Thrissur (Malayalam: തൃശു൪) is a city situated in the central part of Kerala state, India. ... Kozhikode district and city in Kerala Kozhikode in Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട്, also known as Calicut, is the third largest city (pop. ...

With India's independence, Madras Presidency was renamed Madras State. It was subsequently split up along linguistic lines in 1953. Under the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, the states of Kerala and Mysore were carved out of the Madras state and the remaining part was renamed Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... The term natural language is used to distinguish languages spoken and signed (by hand signals and facial expressions) by humans for general-purpose communication from constructs such as writing, computer-programming languages or the languages used in the study of formal logic, especially mathematical logic. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... The States Reorganization Act of 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries and governance of Indias states and territories. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kerala ( (Anglicised) or (native); Malayalam: േകരളം, — ) is a state on the tropical Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... Mysore (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ...

The Malabar region was included in Kerala state in the reorganisation.

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.