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-'''Ankam''' is a [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] word meaning combat or battle. It may refer either to a duel or a larger scale war. In medieval [[Kerala]], ankam served as a way to settle disputes between districts and nobles. The duellists, called [[Chekavar]] or Ankachekavar, were trained in the [[kalari]] to fight as militiamen in service of a lord.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=Chekavan+|title= Communal Road to a Secular Kerala.Page 30|work=George Mathew|publisher=Concept Pub.Co, 1989|isbn=81-7022-282-6|accessdate=2007-12-28}}<br>- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNAI9F8IBOgC&pg=PA27&dq=Chekavar+Sevakan&lr=&sig=2r0l1cDCehYy8Y4NOP09c2ES7C0|title= Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia.Page 27|work=Bardwell L. Smith|publisher=BRILL publications ,1976|isbn=90-04-04510-4|accessdate=2007-12-28}}</ref> When a dispute arose between two local rulers, each side would engage warriors to fight for them in organised single combat at a fixed place and time. Each local ruler was represented by one Ankachekavar. The ankam were usually fought to the death, and the ruler represented by the surviving Ankachekavar was considered the winner.<ref>{{Cite book|first=S.N. |last=Sadasivan |title=A social history of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be3PCvzf-BYC&pg=PA352&dq=ankam+malayalam&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=ankam&f=false |publisher=APH Publishing |year=2000 |page=344 and 122 |isbn=81-7648-170-X }}</ref>
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'''Ankam''' is a [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] word meaning combat or battle. It may refer either to a duel or a larger scale war. In medieval [[Kerala]], ankam served as a way to settle disputes between districts and nobles. The duellists, called [[Chekavar]] or Ankachekavar, were trained in the [[kalari]] to fight as militiamen in service of a lord.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=Chekavan+|title= Communal Road to a Secular Kerala.Page 30|work=George Mathew|publisher=Concept Pub.Co, 1989|isbn=81-7022-282-6|accessdate=2007-12-28}}<br>- {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNAI9F8IBOgC&pg=PA27&dq=Chekavar+Sevakan&lr=&sig=2r0l1cDCehYy8Y4NOP09c2ES7C0|title= Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia.Page 27|work=Bardwell L. Smith|publisher=BRILL publications ,1976|isbn=90-04-04510-4|accessdate=2007-12-28}}</ref> When a dispute arose between two local rulers, each side would engage warriors to fight for them in organised single combat at a fixed place and time. Each local ruler was represented by one Ankachekavar. The ankam were usually fought to the death, and the ruler represented by the surviving Ankachekavar was considered the winner.<ref>{{Cite book|first=S.N. |last=Sadasivan |title=A social history of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be3PCvzf-BYC&pg=PA352&dq=ankam+malayalam&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=ankam&f=false |publisher=APH Publishing |year=2000 |page=344 and 122 |isbn=81-7648-170-X }}</ref>

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