Kozhikode

Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is a city in the state of Kerala in southern India. Kozhikode is the third largest city in Kerala. It is part of the second largest urban agglomeration in Kerala with a metropolitan population of 2,030,519 as per 2011 census.^[1] The city lies about 380 kilometres (236 mi) north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.

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Names, routes and locations of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (1st century CE)
Vasco da Gama's arrival in Calicut in 1498 ushered in five centuries of rule of the Portuguese Empire in India, lasting until 1961.
Uru, a type of ship that was historically used for maritime trade, built at Beypore, Kozhikode
Image of Kozhikode, India from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's atlas Civitates Orbis terrarum, 1572
The path Vasco da Gama took to reach Kozhikode (black line) in 1498, which was also the discovery of a sea route from Europe to India, and eventually paved way for the European colonisation of Indian subcontinent.
India in early 1320 CE. Most of the parts of present-day state of Kerala was under the influence of the Zamorin of Kozhikode.
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Kerala Literature Fest 2020 Sunset