Anchuthengu or Anjengo Fort | Unseen and unexplored place near Varkala/Trivandrum
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Anchuthengu Fort was established by the British East India Company (EIC) in 1696 .
Locals say the place got its name because of the five coconut trees that were originally on it when the property was gifted to the British by the Queen of Attingal.
The British couldn't say the name the way local vernacular dictated and ending up calling it Anjengo.
The fort served as the first signalling station for ships arriving from England.
This fort was the East India Company's first permanent post on the Malabar Coast.
The fort played an important role in the Anglo-Mysore War. During the Anglo-Mysore wars the EIC stored ammunition at the fort.
In 1748 the Bombay Dockyard built the snow Luconia for the Anjengo Pilot Service. In 1802 Anjengo, a ship of 260 tons (bm) was built there, the first vessel of that large a size.
A 130-feet tall light house, which is believed to have guided the ships arriving from Britain, the ruins of one of the earliest factories set up by the British East India company, etc can be seen here as the monuments of a colonial past.
Anchuthengu beach is unexplored and clean.
Anchuthengu Fort was established by the British East India Company (EIC) in 1696 .
Locals say the place got its name because of the five coconut trees that were originally on it when the property was gifted to the British by the Queen of Attingal.
The British couldn't say the name the way local vernacular dictated and ending up calling it Anjengo.
The fort served as the first signalling station for ships arriving from England.
This fort was the East India Company's first permanent post on the Malabar Coast.
The fort played an important role in the Anglo-Mysore War. During the Anglo-Mysore wars the EIC stored ammunition at the fort.
In 1748 the Bombay Dockyard built the snow Luconia for the Anjengo Pilot Service. In 1802 Anjengo, a ship of 260 tons (bm) was built there, the first vessel of that large a size.
A 130-feet tall light house, which is believed to have guided the ships arriving from Britain, the ruins of one of the earliest factories set up by the British East India company, etc can be seen here as the monuments of a colonial past.
Anchuthengu beach is unexplored and clean.