|MALABAR HILL 19TH CENTURY|
|VIEW FROM MALABAR POINT OF THE HILL 1850'S|
KUNJALI MARIKKAR - [WAS CALLED A PIRATE BY ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE RULERS BECAUSE HE RESISTED THE FOREIGN RULERS ] The Kunhali Marakkar or Kunjali Marakkar was the title given to the (Muslim naval chief) of the Samoothiri Raja, a Hindu king of Kozhikode (anglicized Calicut), in present day state of Kerala, India during the 16th century. They offered their men, ships and wealth in the defence of their motherland to the Samoothiri of Kozhikode-The Raja took them into his service and eventually they became the Admirals of his fleet.
- 1586 - Marakkars defeat the Portuguese in a naval battle.
- 1588 - The Portuguese settle again in Kozhikode with the Samoothiri's permission.
- 1589 - Marakkars inflict a crushing defeat on the Portuguese.
The Indian Navy shore-based naval air training center at Colaba, Mumbai is named Naval Maritime Academy INS Kunjali II in honour of the second Marakkar
Lord Bellamont; who was Governor of 'New York and Massachusetts, and we need not remind the reader that New York then belonged to England.[Prior to Kidd returning to New York City, he learned that he was a wanted pirate,Bellomont;lured Kidd into Boston with false promises of clemency, then ordered him arrested on July 6, 1699. Kidd was placed in Stone Prison, spending most of the time in solitary confinement.He was eventually (after over a year) sent to England;Kidd had two lawyers to assist in his defence, Dr. Oldish and Mr. Lemon. He was shocked to learn at his trial that he was charged with murder. He was found guilty on all charges (murder and five counts of piracy). He was hanged on May 23, 1701, at 'Execution Dock', Wapping, in London. During the execution, the hangman's rope broke and Kidd was hanged on the second attempt. His body was gibbeted—left to hang in an iron cage over the River Thames at Tilbury Point—as a warning to future would-be pirates for twenty years.---wikipedia]
|A BUNGALOW ON MALABAR HILL -19 TH CENTURY|
Malabar Hill was named so in the early days of British rule as it housed a military battery to foil a fleet of pirates operating from Malabar who would lie in wait to attack commercial vessels.
BOMBAY-1850-MALABAR HILL -Photographer: Scott, Charles
|MALABAR HILL FORESTS|
|A VIEW OF BOMBAY AND (CHOWPATY BEACH) from MALABAR HILLS 1850'S|
|1850 Bombay fort with walls made against pirates and other enemies|
BOMBAY NEWS 1820-1850 (ON WILD ANIMALS)
|FORESTS OF ESPLANADE; JUST OUTSIDE FORT BOMBAY|
|TIGER HUNT (BY ENGLISH RULERS OF THAT TIME)|