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=Kolachel, 1908=

Seaport in the Eraniel taluk of Travancore State,
Madras, situated in 8° 11' N. and 77 degree 18' E. Population (1901),
about 1,000. From 15 to 20 steamers and 40 to 50 native craft touch
here annually during the shipping season, September to April. The
principal exports are jaggery (coarse sugar), coffee, salted fish, palmyra
fibre, coir, and timber ; and the chief imports are rice, Bengal gram,
crockery, and iron. It was once the site of an indigo factory. The
place is referred to by Bartolomeo as a safe harbour well-known to
the ancients, and was occupied for a time by the Danes ; the Dutch
sustained a signal defeat here at the hands of Rama Ayyan Dalawa,
commander of the Travancore forces, in 1 740, from which date began
the decline of their power on the west coast.

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This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

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