District Court Kozhikode

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Kozhikode, the most important region of Malabar, which is well known for its friendly ambience with its greenary, rivers, hills, wild life sanctuaries, world famous beaches, historic sites etc is came in to existence as an administrative unit on 1st January 1957. When the states of the Indian Union were reorganized on linguistic basis the state of Kerala formed on 1st November 1956 with undivided Malabar as it s one of the province. Later as per Government order Malabar province was divided into three districts with some changes in the boundaries of some of the taluks. Kozhikode district found a place in the world history long before its formation on 1st January 1957 with five talukas viz Vadakara, Koyilandy, Kozhikode, Eranad and Tirur when Vasco Da Gama, the famous Portuguese Navigator landed at Kappad sea shore with three vesels in the year 1498.

The tradition regarding the founding of the Zamorins dynasty tells of the last of the Perumals gifting to the Eranad Utayavar his sword and the patch of marshy land on the coast of what is today Calicut. Malabar as a maritime point is well known for its spice trade with its chief ports as Chaliyam, Panthalayani[...]