The Growth of British Power in Kerala
1- First Englishman who came to Kerala was perhaps Master Ralph Fitch.
2-He is known as ‘‘Pioneer Englishman’’(1583)
3-The 1616 Captain Keeling arrived in Calicut with three ships which brought Sir Thomas Roe on his embassy to the court of Jahangir.
4-British merchants exported pepper to England for the first time from Cochin in 1626.
6-In 1695 the English constructed the Anchuthengu fort with the permission of Attingal Rani. Construction was started in 1684.
7-The Attingal Outbreak was on 15 April 1721. It was between the natives and the British traders. 140 Englishmen were massacred by the natives.The event occured near Anjengo.
8-Attingal Revolt was the first organised revolt against the English in Kerala.
9-By 1800 Cochin came under the control of the English East India Company.
10-By the treaty concluded in 1795 Travancore accepted the Supremacy of the Company.
11-Col. Macaulay was appointed as the first British Resident in Travancore.
12-The treaty of 1805 which was negotiated by Velu Thampi Dalawa resulted in the loss of the political
freedom of Travancore.
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