Cheena Kottaram

==History==

==History==

Before the independence of [[India]], the commercial capital of [[Travancore]] kingdom was [[Kollam|Quilon (Kollam)]] - The city with maximum business & commercial reputation in the [[Travancore]]-[[Malabar Coast]], with high level of export-import operations through the flourishing [[Kollam Port|Quilon Port]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pazhayathu.blogspot.in/2009/02/cheena-kottaramchina-palaceat-quilon.html |title=Then and Now - Cheena Kottaram |publisher=Pazhayathu.Blogspot |access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> [[Kollam]] was known as ''Palace City'' that time as there were so many palaces in the city then. One and only [[Quilon Aerodrome|airport]] in the [[Travancore]]-[[Malabar Coast]] was situated at [[Kollam]] city then. During that time, there were no rail-air connectivity to [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. [[Maharaja of Travancore|Kings of Travancore]] used to travel from [[Kollam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irfca.org/articles/jimmyjose-20051128-quilon.html |title=Quilon |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> For that, they have built the Cheena Kottaram, close to the [[Kollam Junction railway station|Quilon Junction railway station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/cheena-kottaram-to-get-a-makeover/article6474647.ece |title=Cheena Kottaram to get a makeover |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

Before the independence of [[India]], the commercial capital of [[Travancore]] kingdom was [[Kollam|Quilon (Kollam)]] - the city with the best business and commercial reputation in the [[Travancore]]-[[Malabar Coast]], with high level of export-import operations through the flourishing [[Kollam Port|Quilon Port]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pazhayathu.blogspot.in/2009/02/cheena-kottaramchina-palaceat-quilon.html |title=Then and Now - Cheena Kottaram |publisher=Pazhayathu.Blogspot |access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> [[Kollam]] was known as ''Palace City'' that time as there were so many palaces in the city then. One and only [[Quilon Aerodrome|airport]] in the [[Travancore]]-[[Malabar Coast]] was situated at [[Kollam]] city then. During that time, there were no rail-air connectivity to [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. [[Maharaja of Travancore|Kings of Travancore]] used to travel from [[Kollam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irfca.org/articles/jimmyjose-20051128-quilon.html |title=Quilon |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> For that, they have built the Cheena Kottaram, close to the [[Kollam Junction railway station|Quilon Junction railway station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/cheena-kottaram-to-get-a-makeover/article6474647.ece |title=Cheena Kottaram to get a makeover |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

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