Tangasseri
Former Dutch and Portuguese colonial settlement on Kerala's coast.
It is an Anglo-Indian settlement with a three-kilometre beach and a 144-foot lighthouse that has warned ships since 1902.[1][2]
Quick Facts
- Other names
- Thangassery, Thangi
- Nickname
- Thangi
- Settlement type
- Neighbourhood
- Leader party
- INC
- Government
- Mayor–Council
- Governing body
- Kollam Municipal Corporation
- Leader
- A.K Hafeez
- Area (km²)
- 0.4006
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
The Portuguese built St Thomas Fort in 1517, which was later destroyed in wars with the Dutch.[3] The Dutch took possession of the city in 1661 and built many houses in Tangasseri and Quilon.[4][2] The OOCITIES account notes that residents fought annexation by Travancore from 1932 to 1937, taking their case to the House of Lords.[2] Under British rule, Tangasseri was included in the Malabar District.[4]
The Infant Jesus Cathedral, originally constructed by the Portuguese, was torn down and a new cathedral built; the new structure was consecrated and blessed on 3 December 2005.[5]
What the cited sources add
The OOCITIES account states that the Portuguese leased Tangasseri from the Rani of Quilon as a trading post.[2] The same source reports that St Francis Xavier may have resided in Tangasseri during his Malabar Coast trip.[2] The OOCITIES account lists many local family names such as Fernandez, Miranda, and Rodrigues.[2] The present lighthouse structure was commissioned on March 1, 1902, according to the same article.[6]
The OOCITIES account mentions that Joseph authored a book titled "Glimpses of Tangasseri - A 500 Year Legacy".[2] A Hindu article from September 2016 notes that the Tangasseri lighthouse began as a raised column with an oil lamp, built by the British East India Company in the mid-19th century.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Tangasseri" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "New look for Tangasseri lighthouse", The Hindu (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Tangasseri - OOCITIES", OOCITIES. facts only, no text reused. oocities.org
- Wikipedia, "Tangasseri" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Thangassery: A flashback to Kerala's Portuguese past", On Manorama (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tangasseri" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Logan, "Malabar Manual (Volume-I)", Asian Educational Services, 2010, p. 631–666 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tangasseri" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Superb India Tours - Kollam", Superb India Tours (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "New look for Tangasseri lighthouse", The Hindu. facts only, no text reused. thehindu.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Tangasseri (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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