The Kozhikode Regional Archives still preserve the tour diaries of the Madras Governors. Bound in fading grey volumes, they record every minute detail, informing us of how the empire moved through Malabar. Every train arrival, motor halt, reception committee and loyalty speech was entered with precise timings.
Malabar was then a district of the Madras Presidency, and it was partly through these tours that the British state was administered. The Empire did not only rule from Madras; it arrived at scheduled hours at railway platforms, circuit bungalows, forest lodges, and island beaches.
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