The innate which coniced to the town was Thalakachery, later on changed to Thalassery. And the anglicized name of Thalassery is Tellicherry. The British established their presence in Kerala in 1682, when they obtained permission from Vadakklamkurr prince of Kolottunadu settle at Thalassery. During their period, these were many organized revolts held by the natives of the region against the empire.
But this revolt was crushed by the British due to its localized, non-nationalistic culture. Due to its costal location the town was the major commercial centre during the British rule in India. And the British anglicized the Malayalam name Thalassery to Tellicherry. The British built a sea port in Tellicherry for exporting variety of spices. In 1708, they built a Fort by the sea for protecting the spice trade. Overbury’s Folly one of the popular tourist spot built by a local British judge E.N.Overbury. Thalassery fames for its culture, at that times town is referred as city of cricket, cakes and circus. C.V.Devan Nair Third President of Singapore, Oyyarathu Chandu Menon author of first Malayalam novel’Indulekha’, Moorkoth Kunhappa editor of daily Malayala Manorama, V.R.Krishna Iyer, Sanjayan a Malayalam satirist, Ooracheri Gurukkanmar who taught Malayalam to Herman Gundert a German missionary who wrote the first Malayalam-English dictionary lived in Tellicherry. Visit to be always a joy because of its culture, food, historical monuments and growing fashion trend. Thalassery is growing tourist centre. And have a hap visiting here.
