Malabar comprises the northern and north-central region around Cannanore, Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Palakkad, with some portions around Thrissur and Kochi.
[3][4][5] The coastal town of Mahe remained a French enclave until the early 1950s when it was integrated into the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Early in the 20th century, the Mappila Muslims of the Calicut region revolted against the Zamindars who were mostly Hindus and the British Raj.
[6] In the following years, agitations for political rights and a popular government took place in Travancore and Cochin as well.
[8][9] On 1 November 1956, the taluk of Kasargod in the South Canara district of Madras, the Malabar district of Madras, and Travancore-Cochin, without four southern taluks (which joined Tamil Nadu), merged to form the state of Kerala under the States Reorganisation Act.