{"id":18029,"date":"2026-07-21T15:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/?p=18029"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:53:21","slug":"1969-a-guide-to-cochin-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/1969-a-guide-to-cochin-city\/","title":{"rendered":"1969 &#8211; A Guide to Cochin City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through this post, we are releasing the digital scan of <strong>A Guide to Cochin City<\/strong> \u00a0published in the year\u00a0<strong>1969.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18030\" style=\"width: 2227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18030 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1969-a-guide-to-cochin-city.jpg\" alt=\"1969 - A Guide to Cochin City\" width=\"2227\" height=\"3328\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 &#8211; A Guide to Cochin City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Guide to Cochin City, published in 1969, is a historical handbook created to orient tourists, business travelers, and newcomers to the rapidly developing city of Cochin (now Kochi), Kerala. Released shortly after the formal creation of the Cochin Municipal Corporation in November 1967 which unified Fort Kochi, Mattancherry, Ernakulam, Willingdon Island, and surrounding suburban areas the book serves as an earnest effort to document the region&#8217;s urban expansion. Its core content features essential civic details, local landmarks, descriptions of notable travel destinations across broader Kerala, and a dedicated fold-out city map designed for practical navigation.<\/p>\n<p>This document is digitized\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/dharmaram-college-digitization-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as part of the Dharmaram College Library digitization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Metadata and link to the digitized document<\/h3>\n<p>Metadata and link to the digitized document are provided below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Name: <strong>A Guide to Cochin City\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Published Year:\u00a0<strong>1969<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Number of pages:<b> 88<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Press: <strong>United Printers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Scan link:<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gpura.org\/item\/1969-a-guide-to-cochin-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through this post, we are releasing the digital scan of A Guide to Cochin City \u00a0published in the year\u00a01969.\u00a0 A Guide to Cochin City, published in 1969, is a historical handbook created to orient tourists, business travelers, and newcomers to the rapidly developing city of Cochin (now Kochi), Kerala. 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