https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=VadakkumkurVadakkumkur - Revision history2026-10-31T07:24:07ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vadakkumkur&diff=543243&oldid=prevJoquim: new post2026-03-11T17:06:18Z<p>new post</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Vadakkumkur''' was a late medieval/early modern feudal principality located in the Indian state of [[Kerala]]. Along with [[Thekkumkur]], it succeeded from the early medieval political region of [[Vempolinad]] by around 1200 AD.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zUkULqT28UoC&q=Vadakkumkur|title=Census of India, 2001: Wayanad|date=2004|publisher=Controller of Publications|language=en}}</ref> After their separation, Thekkumkur became an independent kingdom, while Vadakkumkur became a vassal of [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]]. During the time of Portuguese dominance in Cochin, disputes arose between the Vadakkumkur chieftain and the Kingdom of Cochin over the pepper trade and the Vadakkumkur Rajah was killed in battle with Cochin and their Portuguese allies.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qdc3NKpQ5jEC&dq=Vadakkumkur&pg=PA157|title=By Sweat and Sword: Trade, Diplomacy and War in Kerala Through the Ages|last=Nair|first=K. K.|date=2013|publisher=KK Nair|isbn=9788173049736|pages=157|language=en}}</ref> Vadakkumkur and Thekkumkur were later annexed by [[Marthanda Varma]] and incorporated into the Kingdom of [[Travancore]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVd1AQAAQBAJ&dq=Vadakkumkur&pg=RA1-PA48|title=TRAVANCORE STATE MANUAL: with foreword by VED from VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS|last=AIYA|first=V. NAGAM|date=1906|publisher=VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS, Aaradhana, DEVERKOVIL 673508 India www.victoriainstitutions.com|pages=48|language=en}}</ref><br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<references />{{Feudal states of Kerala}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Kingdoms of Kerala]]</div>Joquim