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Pallithode is a village in the Alappuzha district, in the state of Kerala, India, on the shores of the Arabian Sea.〔 Pallithode is within the Gram Panchayat of Kuthiathode, Pattanakad Block, of Cherthala Taluk. During the 20th century, more than half of its width was eroded away by the action of river backwaters and the sea. The village is very densely populated and has a wet, maritime tropical climate. It has an important role in the fishing industry. ==History== In ancient times, Pallithode was a border post marking the northern border of the Kingdom of Travancore (16th century to 1947), adjacent to Chellanam, a southern border post of the Kingdom of Cochin (Kochi) (12th century to 1947), and which is now marks the southern border of Ernakulam district. The border posts demarcated the kingdom boundaries and controlled trade between the kingdoms. The two kingdoms competed with each other for dominance and territory by means of war and diplomacy. Pallithode, as a border village, felt these struggles more intensely. With the arrival of foreign traders, starting with the Portuguese in 1498, followed by the Dutch, and then the British, made the situation more complex. The kingdoms took military aid from the visitors to fight one another, and ended up being ruled by them, finally as princely states under the British. Under British administration trade restrictions continued, and the border check-posts were maintained for collection of trade taxes, part of which went to British coffers. Stability was finally achieved in 1947, with the independence of India and the formation of the State of Travancore Cochin (Thiru-Kochi) in 1949 by the merger of the two princely states of British India in the new nation of India. Pallithode became a village of Alappuzha District bordering Ernakulam district. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pallithode」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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