| has gloss | eng: Malabar District was an administrative district of Madras Presidency in British India and independent India's Madras State. The British district included the present-day districts of Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Malappuram, Palakkad (excluding the Chittur Taluk), and Chavakad Taluk of Thrissur District (former part of Ponnani Taluk) in the northern part of Kerala state. The district lay between the Arabian Sea on the west, South Kanara District on the north, the Western Ghats to the east, and the princely state of Cochin to the south. The district covered an area of 15,009 km² (5795 square miles), and extended 233 km (145 miles) along the coast and 40-120 kilometres (25-75 miles) inland. the name Malabar came from the place called Malappuram. History Most of Malabar District was included among the territories ceded to the British East India Company in 1792 by Tipu Sultan of Mysore at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Mysore War; Wayanad was ceded in 1799 at the conclusion of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. |