Tellicherry Fort

Tellicherry Fort is in Thalassery a town in Kannur District of Kerala state in south India. Tellicherry was a standout amongst the most vital European exchanging focuses of Kerala. The Fort lies on the gathering of low wooden slope running down to ocean and ensured by characteristic waters. It has been the fundamental opening for the rich flavors, slope items and timber of the immense between arrive. The fortress, however initially settled as a godown for cardamom and pepper, turned into a vital community for the military exercises of the British.

It was there that Arthur Wellesley arranged out his technique to battle the colossal warrior, Pazhassi Raja. Amid the 1780s, when Hyder Ali endeavored to overcome Malabar, the fortress saw all the more battling and gore. After Independence, the fortification housed numerous administration workplaces. Afterward, perceiving its verifiable hugeness, it was given over to the Department of Archeology, its present caretaker. The fort has been built in a vital area to withstand ambushes and attack. The square fortification with enormous laterite dividers captures one's consideration with its monster structure itself.

One novel element of the post is its passageway which is through the highest point of a monster divider. The passage, now shut, prompted the ocean, from where those looking for a sudden escape could do as such. The beacon remains on the western side and a perilously winding staircase prompts the best. There are two underground loads that were utilized to store merchandise like pepper and cardamom. It is said that the coins of the East India Company were stamped here.