Cochin

Cochin was a kingdom in central Kerala, ruled from Kodungallur in 1337. It had emerged after the collapse of the Later Chera.

A flood destroyed the old seat in 1341, prompting a move to Kochi. Pressed by the Zamorin of Kozhikode, Raja Unni Goda Varma welcomed the Portuguese commander Cabral in 1500. Dutch power replaced Portuguese protection in 1663; Mysore made Cochin a tributary in 1766, and the British took over in 1795. The treaty of 1809 made it a princely state under British paramountcy.