Editing Thrissur (section)

== History ==
{{Main|History of Thrissur}}
The presence of numerous prehistoric [[megalith]]s and [[dolmen]]s indicates that Thrissur has been occupied from at least 1000{{nbsp}}BCE to 500{{nbsp}}CE.<ref>S Hemachandran, [http://www.kerala.gov.in/keralacalljuly_07/pg30-31.pdf "Monuments Embossing History"]{{Dead link|date=June 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=no}}, ''Kerala Calling'', July 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2009</ref><ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|date=4 December 2009|title=A tour of heritage sites in Thrissur|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India|url=http://hindu.com/2009/12/04/stories/2009120450620200.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=9 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208143112/http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/04/stories/2009120450620200.htm|archive-date=8 December 2009}}</ref>

[[File:55Trichur Temple Main Entrance.jpg|thumb| Image of the main entrance of [[Vadakkunnathan Temple]] seen from [[Swaraj Round]] from Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway|left]]
The [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] had naval influence in many parts of [[Kerala]] in the 16th century, including Thrissur. At the beginning of the 17th century, the Portuguese naval power was reduced and [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] became the main naval power. With the help of the Dutch, the royal family of the [[Kingdom of Cochin]] recaptured Thrissur from the [[Zamorin of Calicut]] in 1710.<ref name="Brief History">{{cite web
 |url         = http://ecostat.kerala.gov.in/pdf/dis/thrissur.pdf
 |title       = Brief History
 |publisher   = Kerala Government
 |access-date  = 27 June 2011
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426034630/http://ecostat.kerala.gov.in/pdf/dis/thrissur.pdf
 |archive-date = 26 April 2012
}}</ref>

Thrissur rose to importance after Maharaja [[Sakthan Thampuran]] ascended the throne of the Kingdom of Cochin (1769–1805) and made Thrissur his capital. The Maharaja made the city into a major financial and commercial hub of [[South India]], by inviting [[Saint Thomas Christians|Syrian Christian]] families and [[Brahmins]] from adjoining areas.<ref name="Brief History" />

During 1750–60 [[Hyder Ali]], the Sultan of the powerful [[Kingdom of Mysore]], conquered Thrissur, making it a tributary of Mysore. In 1786, the son of [[Tipu Sultan]] of Mysore led another invasion of Thrissur but retreated after the Srirangapattanam war.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://voi.org/books/tipu/ch04.htm
|title=Tipu Sultan: as known in Kerala
|publisher=VOI Books
|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> In the meantime, [[Rama Varma X]], the successor of Sakthan Thampuran signed a treaty with the [[East India Company]], transforming the state of [[Cochin]] into a British Protectorate.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}[[File:Plan of the Hindu temple at Trichur.jpg|thumb|The first known map of Thrissur City with [[Vadakkunnathan Temple]] prepared by [[John Gould]] in 1816|left]]

The [[Indian independence movement]] gained momentum after a Committee was formed at the 1919 meeting of the [[Indian National Congress]]. The civil disobedience movement attracted many people in Thrissur in subsequent years, and [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited the city in 1927 and 1934 to promote it.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 October 2010|title=Thrissur school remembers Mahatma's visit|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/15/stories/2010101550770200.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=11 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013171839/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/15/stories/2010101550770200.htm|archive-date=13 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Barrister Krishna Menon's forgotten story|url=http://www.cityjournal.in/Newspaper/20110615/metro/metro_19.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204249/http://www.cityjournal.in/Newspaper/20110615/metro/metro_19.html|archive-date=23 September 2015|access-date=11 July 2011|publisher=CityJournal}}</ref>

[[R. K. Shanmukham Chetty]], the controversial [[Divan|Diwan]] of Cochin Kingdom from 1935 to 1941, developed the city by constructing [[Thrissur Town Hall]] and [[Ramanilayam]], buildings which remain important in Kerala politics. Other important civic buildings and infrastructure constructed around this time include the [[Municipal Corporation Building, Thrissur|Municipal Corporation Building of Thrissur]] and the [[Swaraj Round]].<ref name="A Krishnan 2009 p.35-38">C A Krishnan (2009). ''Anchuvilakku'', p.35-38. Green Books, Thrissur. {{ISBN|978-81-8423-128-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://thrissur.gov.in/history.asp
 |title        = Thrissur – History
 |publisher    = Thrissur Govt
 |access-date   = 11 July 2011
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111026003556/http://www.thrissur.gov.in/history.asp
 |archive-date = 26 October 2011
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>

In 1947, when India gained [[Indian Independence Act 1947|independence from colonial rule]], Thrissur was part of the Kingdom of Cochin. [[Thrissur district]] was formed on 1 July 1949, with the headquarters at the city of Thrissur.