Procession at Anjengo on 29-06-2008
ANCHUTHENGU FORT
ANCHUTHENGU FORT
The bitter and the sweet memories lie down with related the ANCHUTHENGU fort. It is the reminder of the invasion of the British. May be there wont be anything sweet memories to recollect excluding the nature beauty and the great persons influence. But all would be the attack and business.
ANCHUTHENGU fort was the first one to be ever built by the British in thiruvithamcorde, to secure there life. Sea route and the back water attracted many merchants to developed there business, Including Portuguese, Dutch and the British.
ANCHUTHENGU made its entry in the pages of history for the first time, when the East India Company launched there business centre (pandakasala) in 1673 with the permission of the Attingal Queen. And the following year British captured ANCHUTHENGU.
They began to build the fort in 1690 and completed it in 1695 with the permission of Attingal Queen. The business centers like Vizhinjam, Edava, and Kulachal were brought under the control of ANCHUTHENGU during this time. In 1729 ,when the English company got the ownership from Thiruvithamcore to do the business of pepper. The importance of ANCHUTHENGU also flourished increasingly day by day.
At the end of the 17th century the East India Company had set another business centre in Thalaserri excluding ANCHUTHENGU.
There arisen the red revolution that was the first against the British. Yet no one reminded, or no one given an important, totally became an isolated incident, that’s how it is scribbled down in the history. It was ATTINGAL REVOLUTION later known to the world and India.
On 15th April 1721, when the president of the ANCHUTHENGU fort mr.Gifford, two councilors and the rest of the fort army were on the way to give gifts to Attingal Queen, the people of ANCHUTHENGU revolted against them. Blocked there way, and throw all of them to death. Then they rounded the fort and it sustained for six months. But unfortunately many of the English army who came from Thalasseri defeated them and recaptured the fort. Havilton had written that the fort was protected by Mr. Inse until the army arrived from Thalasseri.
After Alexander Orme William Wake become the chief and in 1739 William was transferred to Thalasseri. In 1790 the Dutch people of kolly fort tried to destroy the ANCHUTHENGU fort. They could not be successful in there attempt.
ANCHUTHENGU had given most important than Thalasseri when Hydarali lead the army in to Malabar. Defense weapons like the gun, the materials used for making bullets, and all other things witch were required for the British army were sent from ANCHUTHENGU fort. Mr. Hutchison was the resident of ANCHUTHENGU in 1796. Veluthampi Dalava and canal Mekale were met and came to a treaty in ANCHUTHENGU only on 1805. So it was the place where the famous figures were at the early.
The fort is situated with in two acre square feet with 75 meters length and width. It is built up with bricks in a shape of square wall. The fort is now under the authority of archeological department of central government.
Inside the fort, in the entrance west corner there is a cave. It has ten feet width and height. There is a story being told among the local people that once a cow and a man entered inside the cave and they never returned back. So after the incident the people closed the entrance of the cave with bricks. Now it looks like a room. Where does the cave leads, what was purpose of it, how was it built and its use, will the government reopen it to make a research. There are many unanswered mystery questions considering the fort. Which seeks answers?
We can find no other building inside the fort except a well in the north side and a coconut tree nearby. There was a Gulmohar tree near the entrance of the fort but later it was cut down as it grew dangerous to the fort. Now we have a beautiful garden inside the fort with the help of archeological department. Even today we can find tomb of Portuguese out side it.
Three hundred years of memory had been forgotten by everyone when India celebrates its golden jubilee of independence. It may be they forgotten the ANCHUTHENGU revolution (Attingal revolution) or might be said to forget or kept or dumped in waste box of mind. It’s a fact of the truth that always has to face such neglect once.
The bitter and the sweet memories lie down with related the ANCHUTHENGU fort. It is the reminder of the invasion of the British. May be there wont be anything sweet memories to recollect excluding the nature beauty and the great persons influence. But all would be the attack and business.
ANCHUTHENGU fort was the first one to be ever built by the British in thiruvithamcorde, to secure there life. Sea route and the back water attracted many merchants to developed there business, Including Portuguese, Dutch and the British.
ANCHUTHENGU made its entry in the pages of history for the first time, when the East India Company launched there business centre (pandakasala) in 1673 with the permission of the Attingal Queen. And the following year British captured ANCHUTHENGU.
They began to build the fort in 1690 and completed it in 1695 with the permission of Attingal Queen. The business centers like Vizhinjam, Edava, and Kulachal were brought under the control of ANCHUTHENGU during this time. In 1729 ,when the English company got the ownership from Thiruvithamcore to do the business of pepper. The importance of ANCHUTHENGU also flourished increasingly day by day.
At the end of the 17th century the East India Company had set another business centre in Thalaserri excluding ANCHUTHENGU.
There arisen the red revolution that was the first against the British. Yet no one reminded, or no one given an important, totally became an isolated incident, that’s how it is scribbled down in the history. It was ATTINGAL REVOLUTION later known to the world and India.
On 15th April 1721, when the president of the ANCHUTHENGU fort mr.Gifford, two councilors and the rest of the fort army were on the way to give gifts to Attingal Queen, the people of ANCHUTHENGU revolted against them. Blocked there way, and throw all of them to death. Then they rounded the fort and it sustained for six months. But unfortunately many of the English army who came from Thalasseri defeated them and recaptured the fort. Havilton had written that the fort was protected by Mr. Inse until the army arrived from Thalasseri.
After Alexander Orme William Wake become the chief and in 1739 William was transferred to Thalasseri. In 1790 the Dutch people of kolly fort tried to destroy the ANCHUTHENGU fort. They could not be successful in there attempt.
ANCHUTHENGU had given most important than Thalasseri when Hydarali lead the army in to Malabar. Defense weapons like the gun, the materials used for making bullets, and all other things witch were required for the British army were sent from ANCHUTHENGU fort. Mr. Hutchison was the resident of ANCHUTHENGU in 1796. Veluthampi Dalava and canal Mekale were met and came to a treaty in ANCHUTHENGU only on 1805. So it was the place where the famous figures were at the early.
The fort is situated with in two acre square feet with 75 meters length and width. It is built up with bricks in a shape of square wall. The fort is now under the authority of archeological department of central government.
Inside the fort, in the entrance west corner there is a cave. It has ten feet width and height. There is a story being told among the local people that once a cow and a man entered inside the cave and they never returned back. So after the incident the people closed the entrance of the cave with bricks. Now it looks like a room. Where does the cave leads, what was purpose of it, how was it built and its use, will the government reopen it to make a research. There are many unanswered mystery questions considering the fort. Which seeks answers?
We can find no other building inside the fort except a well in the north side and a coconut tree nearby. There was a Gulmohar tree near the entrance of the fort but later it was cut down as it grew dangerous to the fort. Now we have a beautiful garden inside the fort with the help of archeological department. Even today we can find tomb of Portuguese out side it.
Three hundred years of memory had been forgotten by everyone when India celebrates its golden jubilee of independence. It may be they forgotten the ANCHUTHENGU revolution (Attingal revolution) or might be said to forget or kept or dumped in waste box of mind. It’s a fact of the truth that always has to face such neglect once.
About the name Anjengo
About the name Anjengo
The dark and untold history of ANCHUTHENGU, but the facts witch nowhere was scribbled down in the pages of history or it can be said that the history is written but a bit space was provided even though the facts was unprecedented.
The name ANCHUTHENGU literally means five coconut trees in Malayalam language. The first and real name was anhinga. When we trace the history of the word we could find that it was the mixture of Malayalam and Tamil languages. When the Portuguese and the British’s pronounced anchingal, they were not able to pronounce as anjengo.
There is another two stories among the people. The first one was goes like this, there was five pillars built by the British for the people coming with head loads to keep it down for rest. These five pillars called by the local people as anchuthaangu, is later known as ANCHUTHENGU. The second story was goes like this; there was a coconut tree with five head in the seeds. The local Hindu people believe this tree as one of there goddess and named the place ANCHUTHENGU.
Historical evidence of 1908 pronounces ANCHUTHENGU as anchingal and anjengo .Robert Sevel, a historian also mentions anjengo or anchingal in his book called ‘A detailed study of historic places’. ANCHUTHENGU also had great contribution in the socio – cultural field which had proved its importance in the great novel of C.V.Raman’s Dharma raja and the great message poem Unnuneeli sandhesam.
In the English literature and in the western history ANCHUTHENGU had given a great importance. It’s a golden memory strike a chord always to say that the most renowned historian Robert Orme was born in ANCHUTHENGU on 1728. At that time his father Alexander Orme was the British governor of ANCHUTHENGU.The Voyage of Ives Edward is a good book to refer how ANCHUTHENU was at the early. The writer in this book had explained his splendid days in ANCHUTHENGU.
ANCHUTHENGU had been the birth place of Elisa. The great character that became very eminent through the poems of Abbe Reynal and the novelist Sterne. That is how ANCHUTHENGU had known as Elisa in the early ages, and this is also very interesting to see that ANCHUTHENGU had given five pages to scribble in abbe Reynal's text. Its each line begins addressing anjengo or Elisa, anjengo thou are a bit land of earth, but thou are great as given birth Elisa.
The name Meeran kadavu evolved from a tax collector called Meeran. But after construct the bridge, the bridge came to known in such name.
The history walked in the end of centuries through ANCHUTHENGU.
The dark and untold history of ANCHUTHENGU, but the facts witch nowhere was scribbled down in the pages of history or it can be said that the history is written but a bit space was provided even though the facts was unprecedented.
The name ANCHUTHENGU literally means five coconut trees in Malayalam language. The first and real name was anhinga. When we trace the history of the word we could find that it was the mixture of Malayalam and Tamil languages. When the Portuguese and the British’s pronounced anchingal, they were not able to pronounce as anjengo.
There is another two stories among the people. The first one was goes like this, there was five pillars built by the British for the people coming with head loads to keep it down for rest. These five pillars called by the local people as anchuthaangu, is later known as ANCHUTHENGU. The second story was goes like this; there was a coconut tree with five head in the seeds. The local Hindu people believe this tree as one of there goddess and named the place ANCHUTHENGU.
Historical evidence of 1908 pronounces ANCHUTHENGU as anchingal and anjengo .Robert Sevel, a historian also mentions anjengo or anchingal in his book called ‘A detailed study of historic places’. ANCHUTHENGU also had great contribution in the socio – cultural field which had proved its importance in the great novel of C.V.Raman’s Dharma raja and the great message poem Unnuneeli sandhesam.
In the English literature and in the western history ANCHUTHENGU had given a great importance. It’s a golden memory strike a chord always to say that the most renowned historian Robert Orme was born in ANCHUTHENGU on 1728. At that time his father Alexander Orme was the British governor of ANCHUTHENGU.The Voyage of Ives Edward is a good book to refer how ANCHUTHENU was at the early. The writer in this book had explained his splendid days in ANCHUTHENGU.
ANCHUTHENGU had been the birth place of Elisa. The great character that became very eminent through the poems of Abbe Reynal and the novelist Sterne. That is how ANCHUTHENGU had known as Elisa in the early ages, and this is also very interesting to see that ANCHUTHENGU had given five pages to scribble in abbe Reynal's text. Its each line begins addressing anjengo or Elisa, anjengo thou are a bit land of earth, but thou are great as given birth Elisa.
The name Meeran kadavu evolved from a tax collector called Meeran. But after construct the bridge, the bridge came to known in such name.
The history walked in the end of centuries through ANCHUTHENGU.
About Anjengo
About Anjengo
The whole area here is situated with heart capturing sceneries. The endless music raising from raring wages, evening breeze making everyone asleep, drought unknown rivers flowing in the east, coconut trees all around providing shade through the movement of the seen. The fish folk live here happy with great grateful to the mother sea.
Portuguese arrived in ANCHUTHENGU in the same year when they arrived in Kozhikode for the first time in 1498. It was with the permission of Samoothiri by means of preaching the religion.
Later in the 16th century they had built the church in ANCHUTHENGU, at that time it was governed by the Attingal queen. During that period Portuguese and the Dutch people were in a good term with the queen. There fore they were allowed to do pepper business. So in 1684, the East India Company launched a business centre in ANCHUTHENGU with the permission of the queen.
There was a good deal between them and the queen. She allowed them to build a fort in ANCHUTHENGU on 1690 to increase their commerce. After five years the fort was built completely in a squared type. It had four inner platforms; eight cannon were placed excluding the other twenty cannon.
Here exists Amman temple near ANCHUTHENGU junction. It was built for the Chettiyaar to pray, who were brought from Thirunnalveli to build the fort. Thattans who came with them too had also built up Muthumari Amman temple near to and stayed there itself.
After Bombay, British found ANCHUTHENGU as suitable place for them to protect themselves and also to improve there commerce through sea route. The nature itself provided with a merchant situation with the hide and vast sea shore and the pure water facility in ANCHUTHENGU. So it was like an inn for those back water and those who came very tired. The neighboring locality of ANCHUTHENGU namely ‘Puthidom’ (today’s Poothura) also favored them in increasing their business.
75 Venetian coins give as rent for the fort every year. It was all around 251 acres was been made use for the company.
The British were at first time attacked in 1697 and probably it might have been the first attack in Kerala targeted against them. They could not succeed in there first attempt, hence they prepared themselves to attack the British round about the fort. It lasted for six months, but by the time they blocked Mr. Gifford and his army while they were on the way to Attingal. They cut off the penis of Gifford’s servant Marchinoss, and Gifford’s body was nailed to the wood and thrown in to the back water. They attacked the whole troop and murdered every one in the fort. Later 300 army men and Massford from Thalasseri came and captured the fort again from the locals of ANCHUTHENGU.
During the year 1792 ANCHUTHENGU lost its importance and its business went into a dark time. The Veluthampi revolution in 1809 had shacked the fort a bit but it did not last long for. In 1810 ANCHUTHENGU was under the political government of Thiruvithamcore and all the business deal which was going on there was put a half in 1813. After time there were only a group of fisher men family and the isolated fort left out. The fisher folk surrender there Friday’s one third of income to the church of immaculate Mary the mother.
There were few European hammed/ cemetery which were 250 meters away from the local Roman Catholic Church in ANCHUTHENGU, and among them the very oldest one was the Dutch’s tomb, it was in 1709. The cemetery measured with the square feet of 60 cents. At present we find the panchayath office in the same place. There were also panchayath unions during the British rule from the year 1928. There was an inn near the fort earlier. Later it had become the police out post.
There was also a magistrate court near the fort and the magistrate had the power of Thahasildar, sub registrar and munisif second class magistrate. We could find the ANCHUTHENGU hospital (kachery hospital) in the same place. Even today we can see the stone of magistrate near the ANCHUTHENGU fort. The inscription of the stone reads like this, “their imperial majestic silver jubilee memorial munisif magistrate (1910-1935) J.X. Fernandez”.
The whole area here is situated with heart capturing sceneries. The endless music raising from raring wages, evening breeze making everyone asleep, drought unknown rivers flowing in the east, coconut trees all around providing shade through the movement of the seen. The fish folk live here happy with great grateful to the mother sea.
Portuguese arrived in ANCHUTHENGU in the same year when they arrived in Kozhikode for the first time in 1498. It was with the permission of Samoothiri by means of preaching the religion.
Later in the 16th century they had built the church in ANCHUTHENGU, at that time it was governed by the Attingal queen. During that period Portuguese and the Dutch people were in a good term with the queen. There fore they were allowed to do pepper business. So in 1684, the East India Company launched a business centre in ANCHUTHENGU with the permission of the queen.
There was a good deal between them and the queen. She allowed them to build a fort in ANCHUTHENGU on 1690 to increase their commerce. After five years the fort was built completely in a squared type. It had four inner platforms; eight cannon were placed excluding the other twenty cannon.
Here exists Amman temple near ANCHUTHENGU junction. It was built for the Chettiyaar to pray, who were brought from Thirunnalveli to build the fort. Thattans who came with them too had also built up Muthumari Amman temple near to and stayed there itself.
After Bombay, British found ANCHUTHENGU as suitable place for them to protect themselves and also to improve there commerce through sea route. The nature itself provided with a merchant situation with the hide and vast sea shore and the pure water facility in ANCHUTHENGU. So it was like an inn for those back water and those who came very tired. The neighboring locality of ANCHUTHENGU namely ‘Puthidom’ (today’s Poothura) also favored them in increasing their business.
75 Venetian coins give as rent for the fort every year. It was all around 251 acres was been made use for the company.
The British were at first time attacked in 1697 and probably it might have been the first attack in Kerala targeted against them. They could not succeed in there first attempt, hence they prepared themselves to attack the British round about the fort. It lasted for six months, but by the time they blocked Mr. Gifford and his army while they were on the way to Attingal. They cut off the penis of Gifford’s servant Marchinoss, and Gifford’s body was nailed to the wood and thrown in to the back water. They attacked the whole troop and murdered every one in the fort. Later 300 army men and Massford from Thalasseri came and captured the fort again from the locals of ANCHUTHENGU.
During the year 1792 ANCHUTHENGU lost its importance and its business went into a dark time. The Veluthampi revolution in 1809 had shacked the fort a bit but it did not last long for. In 1810 ANCHUTHENGU was under the political government of Thiruvithamcore and all the business deal which was going on there was put a half in 1813. After time there were only a group of fisher men family and the isolated fort left out. The fisher folk surrender there Friday’s one third of income to the church of immaculate Mary the mother.
There were few European hammed/ cemetery which were 250 meters away from the local Roman Catholic Church in ANCHUTHENGU, and among them the very oldest one was the Dutch’s tomb, it was in 1709. The cemetery measured with the square feet of 60 cents. At present we find the panchayath office in the same place. There were also panchayath unions during the British rule from the year 1928. There was an inn near the fort earlier. Later it had become the police out post.
There was also a magistrate court near the fort and the magistrate had the power of Thahasildar, sub registrar and munisif second class magistrate. We could find the ANCHUTHENGU hospital (kachery hospital) in the same place. Even today we can see the stone of magistrate near the ANCHUTHENGU fort. The inscription of the stone reads like this, “their imperial majestic silver jubilee memorial munisif magistrate (1910-1935) J.X. Fernandez”.
Anjengo: At a glance
geographical coordinates: 8° 40' 0" North, 76° 46' 0" East
geographical location: Thiruvananthapuram (Triv), Kerala, India, Asia
original name: Anjengo
Location :Anchuthengu is about 36 km north of Thiruvananthapuram and 10 km north-west of Attingal.
The nearest airport :Trivandrum International Airport.
The nearest Railway Station :Varkala Railway Station
geographical location: Thiruvananthapuram (Triv), Kerala, India, Asia
original name: Anjengo
Location :Anchuthengu is about 36 km north of Thiruvananthapuram and 10 km north-west of Attingal.
The nearest airport :Trivandrum International Airport.
The nearest Railway Station :Varkala Railway Station
ST.JOSEPH’S H.S.S. ANCHUTHENGU
ST.JOSEPH’S H.S.S. ANCHUTHENGU
When the Portuguese missionaries built the church, they also built up a school. It did not have any accreditation or affiliation at the time. Biblical studies, Malayalam, English and mathematics were the subjects which were taught there. Later the British’s established an English lower secondary school when they captured the ANCHUTHENGU factory and the fort. But the school was closed down because the British and ANCHUTHENGU localities were not in good terms.
In 1893 the famous persons who were residence of ANCHUTHENGU and who were residing near ANCHUTHENGU namely Pappu Asan, Kutty Marakkar, Karakathu Kesavan, M.R.Neelakandan, Asan vilayil Achuthan etc. began an English primary school with the permission of government, and the managing power was given to the vicar of ANCHUTHENGU (the priest in ANCHUTHENGU). So the school was opened near the church in the place of church itself. Automatically the complete supremacy came to priest. Hence the school became very famous in the thaluk of Chirayinkeezhu. Then many students joined from nearby Nedunganda, vakkom, kadakkavoor, kaikara etc.
Many of the famous figures in different fields were students of this school. The most important people like Judge M. Govindan, Peshkar K. Govindan, advocate Vamadevan, advocate Nadesan, advocate A.J. Pereira, the printer and publisher of ‘Pothujanam’ news paper Mr. A.K. Karthikeyan etc. in 1966 this school had been raised in the name of St. Joseph’s with the help of Fr. Thomas Pereira who was the vicar in ANCHUTHENGU at that time. So later it came to known as St. Joseph’s H.S. and then the first Head Master was Mr. Peter. G.
When the people came from south ANCHUTHENGU became completely a fish folk village and there main income is from fishing. Then the most of the children from the fishermen family.
In 1993 the school celebrates its diamond jubilee with the leadership of Mr. K.G. Vijayakumar the HM of the school at that time.
In 1998 when the government begins the higher secondary course, ANCHUTHENGU was given the first place to the higher secondary level. So then the school had been raised to St. Joseph’s H.S.S. The first principal was Mr. Avanamkuzhi Vijayan.
When the Portuguese missionaries built the church, they also built up a school. It did not have any accreditation or affiliation at the time. Biblical studies, Malayalam, English and mathematics were the subjects which were taught there. Later the British’s established an English lower secondary school when they captured the ANCHUTHENGU factory and the fort. But the school was closed down because the British and ANCHUTHENGU localities were not in good terms.
In 1893 the famous persons who were residence of ANCHUTHENGU and who were residing near ANCHUTHENGU namely Pappu Asan, Kutty Marakkar, Karakathu Kesavan, M.R.Neelakandan, Asan vilayil Achuthan etc. began an English primary school with the permission of government, and the managing power was given to the vicar of ANCHUTHENGU (the priest in ANCHUTHENGU). So the school was opened near the church in the place of church itself. Automatically the complete supremacy came to priest. Hence the school became very famous in the thaluk of Chirayinkeezhu. Then many students joined from nearby Nedunganda, vakkom, kadakkavoor, kaikara etc.
Many of the famous figures in different fields were students of this school. The most important people like Judge M. Govindan, Peshkar K. Govindan, advocate Vamadevan, advocate Nadesan, advocate A.J. Pereira, the printer and publisher of ‘Pothujanam’ news paper Mr. A.K. Karthikeyan etc. in 1966 this school had been raised in the name of St. Joseph’s with the help of Fr. Thomas Pereira who was the vicar in ANCHUTHENGU at that time. So later it came to known as St. Joseph’s H.S. and then the first Head Master was Mr. Peter. G.
When the people came from south ANCHUTHENGU became completely a fish folk village and there main income is from fishing. Then the most of the children from the fishermen family.
In 1993 the school celebrates its diamond jubilee with the leadership of Mr. K.G. Vijayakumar the HM of the school at that time.
In 1998 when the government begins the higher secondary course, ANCHUTHENGU was given the first place to the higher secondary level. So then the school had been raised to St. Joseph’s H.S.S. The first principal was Mr. Avanamkuzhi Vijayan.
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