| 词条 | Thalakkal Chanthu |
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Thalakkal Chanthu, also spelled Thalakkal Chandu, was an archer and commander-in-chief of the Kurichya soldiers of the Pazhassi Raja who fought British forces in the Wayanad jungles during first decade of the 19th century. CareerChanthu began his career under Edachena Kunkan, who later promoted him to the rank of general.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} Pazhassi Raja and his other generals and troops saw Chanthu as their ablest war leader.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} Panamaram fort massacreThe British East India Company fixed a high revenue tax on agricultural produce of Wyanad farmers causing widespread dissent.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} One of the Company peons was killed by Edachena Kunkan when the peon demanded paddy from a Kuruchiya man.[1] This prompted the entire Kuruchiya tribe to join hands with Edachana Kunkan who was carrying on a fight against the British on behalf of Pazhassi Raja.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} The rebellion on 11 October 1802 by a group of tribal soldiers (comprising 175 Kurichya archers), led by Thalakkal Chandu and Edachena Kunkan, captured the British fort at Panamaram which was manned by the I battalion of 4th Bombay infantry.[1] Commanding officer Capt. Dickinson and Lt. Maxwell were killed in action along with entire detachment of 70 soldiers which was guarding the fort.[1] The British forces launched a retaliatory attack and trapped Chanthu on 15 November 1805.{{Citation needed|date= August 2018}} He was executed under a Koly tree. Edachana Kunkan was killed by the British army at Panniyil later (now called Pannichal, Kerala).[2] MemorialThe Kerala State Government installed a memorial to Chanthu on 22 September 2012, near Panamaram Fort on the banks of the Kabini river.[3] In the form of a museum, the memorial displays weapon models used by Chanthu and his tribesmen, the Kurichiya archers and the tribe's traditional agricultural implements.[3] References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Logan|first=William|title=Malabar Manual, Volume I|year=1989|publisher=Asian Educational Services|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788120604469|pages=539, 540|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mR2QXrVEJIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Pallur+Eman+Nair&source=bl&ots=KGpGA8b1f9&sig=oQfkE7XMjlf5upRk86DU6NeY6_M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2ViCUNLhC8zOrQeX_YCQBg&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Panorta&f=false|edition=[Facsim. ed.].}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chanthu, Thalakkal}}2. ^{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Demand for memorial to tribal warriors | newspaper =The Hindu | date =15 November 2008 | url =http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/15/stories/2008111550740200.htm |accessdate=25 October 2012}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|title=Monument to honour Chandu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/monument-to-honour-chandu/article3925228.ece|accessdate=22 October 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|date=22 September 2012}} 10 : Year of birth missing|1805 deaths|Indian Army personnel|Indian male archers|Cotiote War|People from Wayanad district|Indian independence activists from Kerala|Archers from Kerala|19th-century sportsmen|18th-century Indian people |
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