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Kunjali Marakkar
Fleet admiral of the Samoothiri / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Kunjali Marakkar (disambiguation).
Kunjali Marakkar was the title inherited by the Admiral of the fleet of the King Samoothiri / Zamorin, the King of Calicut, in present-day Kerala, India. There were four Marakkars whose war tactics defended against the Portuguese invasion from 1520 to 1600. The Kunjali Marakkars are credited with organizing the first naval defense of the Indian coast.[1][2]
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