Conolly and the Calicut Canal
Posted by Labels: Canoli Canal, Conolly, Conolly murder, Malabar - English period 1800-1900
The Canoli Canal of
Calicut
The story of this Canal is quite engaging. Most people believe
that the Elattur - Kallai canal as it was formally known was the brainchild of
the man who lent his name to the project, the result of which was eventually
called the Canoli Canal or more correctly the Conolly Canal. Well, the idea
germinated well before that actually and what most people also do not know is
that while Conolly lived to construct the canal, he also lost his life due to
an argument over a simple monetary issue arising from this canal construction.