Kingdom of Cochin
This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Cochin and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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Was a kingdom in the central part of present-day Kerala state.
Establishment
January 551: There is no extant written evidence about the emergence of the Kingdom of Cochin or of the Cochin Royal Family, also known as Perumpadapu Swaroopam. All that is recorded are folk tales and stories, and a somewhat blurred historical picture about the origins of the ruling dynasty. Cochin kingdom ruled over a vast area in central Kerala before the Portuguese arrival. Their state stretched up to Ponnani and Pukkaitha in the north, Aanamala in the east, and Cochin and Porakkad in the south, with capital at Perumpadappu on the northern border.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 801: Present-day central Kerala probably detached from Kongu Chera kingdom around 8th-9th century AD to form the Chera Perumal kingdom (c. 9th- 12th century AD).
January 886: The Kongu country, located in present-day Tamil Nadu, was conquered by the Chola Dynasty.
January 1151: Calicut (Polathiri kingdom) was conquered by Zamorin of Eranad, who then conquered large parts of Cochin Kingdom, and began trying to assert suzerainty over Cochin.
January 1434: The cessation of the Ming treasure voyages, led by Chinese explorer Zheng He, had negative consequences for the Kingdom of Cochin in 1433. The Zamorin of Calicut, a powerful ruler in the region, took advantage of the weakened state of Cochin and launched an invasion against the kingdom.
Disestablishment
January 1501: In the late 15th century, the Zamorin of Eranad occupied Cochin and installed his representative as the king.
January 1501: During the period from 1503 to 1663, Fort Kochi (Fort Emmanuel) was under the rule of Portugal. This was during the time when the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama had discovered the sea route to India in 1498, leading to increased Portuguese presence in the region.
