Cochin faced a lot of tragedies,
Faced with riots...
Perhaps the greatest tragedy facing Cochin was that many were unaware
Some people have seen this granite pillar on the shores of Fort Cochin
Very few people know why the pillar was erected there. Today, more and more people are getting this knowledge through social media, something that even the common people of Cochin did not know about.
The pillar was erected not only in Cochin but sometimes in memory of the biggest fire in Kerala itself.
In the 1800 period.,
The time when the Portuguese and the British occupied the Arabian Sea in Cochin. Of the Indian by the Arabian Sea.
If a boat was to go, it would have to buy a British permit.
Cochin was famous for shipbuilding. If the tens of thousands were to be built in Kozhikode, then Cochin was the place where modern-day ships were built.
To this day, Cochin has not given that credit to anyone.
At that time large ships were made in Cochin not of steel but of teak
It was then that the Cochin Shipyard began to build ships out of steel.
During the British period, Cochin was known as the 'British Cochin'. All kinds of industries in British Cochin were done by foreign companies.
The British would not allow the natives to build a single company on the shores of Cochin.
The major foreign companies on the coast of Cochin were Vol cart Bros. (now Volta).
Pierce Leslie, Aspinwall, Brendon...
The main objective of these companies was to send Kerala's natural resources abroad.
It is in this situation that a local man builds a ship in Cochin.
A magnificent cargo ship was completed at the Cochin Shipyard.
The ship named Chandrakant carrying a capacity of 500 tons was launched in sea.
The British merchants were jealous of this. The superiors were informed
The British did not allow the ship to work on an industrial basis, as they did not want the natives to grow industrially at all.
The shipowner went to the case.
For technical reasons, a British court ordered that ship to be tied up in Cochin Lake.
The appeal went through, and until then the ship was found to have been anchored near the Wall Cart Company.
Was a British company, Wall cart bros
Coconut oil and coir products were the main exporters. From here it was exported to other countries. There was also the export of spices.
You can win in court. The time when the owner thought that the ship could be set free...
Dated this fourth day of January 1889
It happened...
Smoke rising from the ship was noticed by workers at a nearby company.
What you see later is a flame.
Ship is based near a company called Vol cart Bros. The ship turned into a fireball in an instant.
It was also a ploy of the authorities, who saw to it that the company was rescued. The ship's rope was cut and replaced...
The ship ran through the Cochin lake screaming like a blood-soaked corpse ...
Like revenge on someone...
The wind blew from the opposite direction.
The ship began to move in the wind.
The ship first sailed in the wind to a company called Vol cart Bros., which untied the knot.
When the workers and officers saw the ship coming, they ran away from the company.
The ship set fire to Vol cart Bros., the pride of British companies, in an instant.
Coconut, coconut oil, and coir products. There were mostly spices...
Everything shines in that ship's revenge ...
After Vol cart Bros. on fire, the ship headed for the proud company on the Cochin coast.
In an instant, the company also caught fire ... Many companies and warehouses on the shores of the lake, both large and small, caught fire ...
After that, Aspinwall became one of the proudest companies in British companies.
In the meantime, put out the fire. Attempts are being made and there was no shaking in that ship.
The beaches of Cochin. As someone said, the ship is going to a company called Brendon with moments of fear and dread ...
The Brendon Company, which was proud of its British dominance, was also set on fire by the Indian ship built in Cochin ...
With the revenge of some Indian revolutionary...
She eventually moved to a company called Pierce Lilly.
That company and the main British companies onshore were destroyed by fire.
Chandrabha's departure for the shore part About 300 houses in shore were engulfed by Chandrabha's fire...
The British later recorded it in history as The Great Fire Of Cochin 1889
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