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North Malabar refers to the historic and geographic area of southwest India covering the state of Kerala's present day Kasaragod and Kannur Districts, the Mananthavady taluk of Wayanad District, the taluks of Koyilandy and Vatakara in the Kozhikode District of Kerala and the entire Mahé Sub-Division of the Union Territory of Puducherry. The greater part of North Malabar (except Mahé) remained as one of the two administrative divisions of the Malabar District (an administrative district of British India under the Madras Presidency) until 1947 and later became part of India's Madras State until 1956. Mahé remained under French jurisdiction until 13June 1954. On 1November 1956, the state of Kerala was formed by the States Reorganisation Act, which merged the Malabar District with Travancore-Cochin apart from the four southern taluks, which were merged with Tamil Nadu, and the Kasaragod taluk of South Kanara District. North Malabar begins at Korapuzha in the south and ends at Manjeshwaram in the north of Kerala and traditionally comprises the erstwhile princely principalities and fiefdoms of Kolathu Nadu, Kadatha Nadu and the southern parts of Tulu Nadu. During the ancient and early medieval periods, North Malabar retained its distinct political identity. At no time did the Chera dynasty (c. 3rd century BC12th century AD) impose full control over the area, which today retains many distinct cultural features. ==Culture, geography and people== The socio-cultural background and geography of this area has many distinctions compared to the rest of Kerala.〔Eleanor Kathleen Gough (1900), Nayar: North Kerala, University of California Press, (Berkeley, Los Angeles)〕〔Eric J. Miller (1954), Caste and Territory in Malabar, American Anthropological Association〕〔Praveena Kodoth (1998), Women and Property Rights: A Study of Land Relations and Personal Law in Malabar, 1880–1940’ Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Economics, University of Hyderabad〕〔Ravindran Gopinath, 'Garden and Paddy Fields: Historical Implications of Agricultural Production Regimes in Colonial Malabar' in Mushirul Hasan and Narayani Gupta (eds.)〕〔India's Colonial Encounters: Essays in Memory of Eric Stokes, Delhi: Monohar Publishers, 1993〕〔(M. Jayarajan, Sacred Groves of North Malabar, Discussion Paper No. 92 )〕〔, Praveena Kodoth (2002), FRAMING CUSTOM, DIRECTING PRACTICES: AUTHORITY, PROPERTY AND MATRILINY UNDER COLONIAL LAW IN NINETEENTH CENTURY MALABAR ()〕 The population consists of native Hindus, native Mappila-Muslims, native Jains and migrant-Christian communities and is characterized by distinct socio-cultural customs and behavior. The people of North Malabar have striven to preserve their distinct and unique identity and heritage since ancient times, through colonial times into modern political India. Until the early twentieth century there were cultural taboos among various communities from North Malabar, which forbade their women marrying anyone from the southern territories.〔(Fawcett (1901), Nayars of Malabar , AES Reprint 1985 )〕〔() T.K.G. Panikkar (1900), Malabar and its Folk, AES Reprint 1995〕 Even in modern times it is not uncommon to see "alliances from Malabar region preferred" in newspaper matrimonial announcements placed by native North Malabar families, irrespective of their ethno-religious background. Traditionally North Malabar has remained the source of an erstwhile aristocracy for many of the southern territories of Kerala through displacement and adoptions including the Travancore Royal Family. Northern Malabar identity and pride is often possessively guarded by its natives of all ethnic and religious backgrounds. 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「North Malabar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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