Calicut, also known as Kozhikode pronunciation in Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട്, is the third largest city in the southern state of Kerala in India with a population of 436,556 (2001). It is the headquarters of Kozhikode district, and was formerly the capital of an independent kingdom, and later of the erstwhile Malabar District. This city is famous as the place where Vasco da Gama, the first European to sail directly from Europe (from Lisbon, Portugal) to India, landed in 1498.
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