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[[File:Tirurangadi Hajur Kacheri.jpg|thumb|268x268px|Hajur Kacheri]]
The '''Tirurangadi Taluk Office,''' also known as '''Hajur Kacheri''', is a historic building located in [[Tirurangadi]] Talk of [[Malappuram district|Malappuram District]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. It houses the Tirurangadi [[Taluka office|Taluk Office]] since the post-independence [[Malabar District]] or British-era [[Madras Presidency]]. The Taluk office, which was once the '''Hajur Kacheri (Huzur Office)''' under the British, was one of the major administrative centers of the [[British Raj|British government]] in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]] region. The building also functioned as the headquarters of a short-lived [[Khilafat Movement|Khilafat]] government during the rebellion.<ref name="deccanchronicle1">[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141115/nation-current-affairs/article/tirurangadi-taluk-office-was-khilafat-govt%E2%80%99s-headquarters Tirurangadi taluk office was Khilafat govt’s headquarters]</ref>

== History ==

Tirurangadi was the capital of Cheranad taluk under the [[British Raj]], which was the epicenter of the Khilafat movement and [[Malabar rebellion|Malabar Rebellion]] (Moplah revolt) in 1921.<ref>[http://www.pustaka.co.in/eng/book/others/india%27s-struggle-for-independence/files/basic-html/page211.html Page 211 - India's Struggle For Independence - Bipan Chandra]</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://cpim.org/history/mopla-uprising-malabar-1921-22 |title = The Mopla uprising in Malabar (1921-22)|date = 12 September 2015}}</ref> The building was known as the Hajur Kacheri (Huzur Office) under the British, and was one of the major administrative centers of the post-independence British-era [[Madras Presidency]]. The building also functioned as the headquarters of a short-lived Khilafat government during the rebellion.

According to historians, there was a fort of [[Tipu Sultan]] situated opposite the Hajur Kacheri. The land described in the records as 'Kottapparamba' does not have any trace of a fort today.<ref name="calicutheritage1">[http://blog.calicutheritage.com/2008/12/trikkulam-and-demise-of-history-team.html Calicut Heritage]</ref> In the 1780s and 1790s, the British defeated the [[Anglo-Mysore Wars|Mysore Army]] at Tirurangadi and after the [[Treaty of Seringapatam|treaty of Srirangapatnam]] in 1791,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Srivatsa|first=Sharath S.|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/tipus-treaty-as-reported-in-1792/article2995914.ece|title=Tipu's treaty, as reported in 1792|date=2012-03-15|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-04-08|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and took control of Tirurangadi and demolished the fort. It is said that the bricks and stones from the demolished fort were used for building Hajur Kacheri. The police station, offices of deputy [[tehsildar]] and sub registrar, post office and travelers’ bungalow functioned at this building.

During the [[Khilafat Movement]], the [[Mappila]] warriors, under the leadership of cleric [[Ali Musliyar]] and Variyam Kunnath Kunjahammed Haji (V K Haji), captured the taluks of [[Eranad]]u and [[Valluvanad (southern Malabar)|Valluvanadu]] from the British and established their own rule and turned the building into their administrative headquarters where they had the court, administrative section and even the office for the issuance of passports.<ref name="deccanchronicle1"/>

== Premises ==
The building premises has the graves of British officers who had laid down their lives in the 1921 [[Malabar rebellion|Moplah Revolt]]<ref name="calicutheritage1"/> This includes that of Lt. William Rutherfoord Johnstone, Private F. M. Eley, Private H. C. Hutchings and William John Duncan Rowley who was the Assistant Superintendent of Police from Palghat who was killed at the outbreak of the Rebellion on 20 August 1921 at the age of 28. Though the building is under the [[Kerala State Department of Archaeology|Archaeological department]], the Taluk office is still functioning. The Sub Registrar Office, Tirurangadi also works in the same compound. The state government is planning to declare it as a district [[Historic site|heritage site]] and to convert it into a museum.

== Tirurangadi Taluk ==
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'''Tirurangadi''' Taluk comes under [[Revenue Divisions of Kerala|Tirur revenue division]] in [[Malappuram district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Its [[headquarters]] is the town of [[Tirurangadi]]. Tirurangadi Taluk contains two municipalities - [[Tirurangadi]], and [[Parappanangadi]]. Most of the administrative offices are located in the Mini-Civil Station at [[Tirurangadi]]. The position of the Tirurangadi Taluk in [[Malappuram district]] is given below:
{{Malappuram Labelled Map}}
The Tirurangadi Taluk is composed of 17 villages. They are:
* [[Parappur]]
* [[Abdu Rahiman Nagar]]
* [[Chelari|Thenhipalam]]
* [[Peruvallur]]
* [[Oorakam]]
* [[Nannambra]]
* [[Vengara, Malappuram district|Vengara]]
* Kannamangalam
* [[Othukkungal]]
* [[Vallikunnu]]
* [[Moonniyur]]
* [[Ariyallur]]
* [[Tirurangadi]]
* [[Neduva]]
* [[Parappanangadi]]
* [[Thennala]]
* [[Edarikode]]<ref name = Villages_Tirurangadi>{{cite web |title = Villages in Tirurangadi |url = https://malappuram.nic.in/village-panchayats/ |website = malappuram.nic.in |access-date = 17 July 2020}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:Tirurangadi Sub Registrar Office.jpg|Sub Registrar Office which is also located in the same compound
File:Tirurangadi Taluk office.jpg|An old photo of the Tirurangadi Taluk Office
File:Tirurangadi Graves.jpg|The epitaph read: William John Duncan Rowley, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Palghaut, who was killed at Tirurangadi by a mob of mappilas at the outbreak of the Mappila Rebellion on August 20, 1921 - aged 28
File:Tirurangadi Taluk Office Grave.jpg|Graves of British soldiers who had laid down their lives in the 1921 Moplah Revolt
</gallery>

== See Also ==
* [[List of villages in Malappuram district]]
* [[List of Gram Panchayats in Malappuram district]]
* [[List of desoms in Malappuram district (1981)]]
* [[Revenue Divisions of Kerala]]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.malappuramtourism.org/history.php Mallapuram Tourism]


[[Category:Buildings and structures in Malappuram district]]

Tirurangadi Taluk Office - Revision history

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