Kannoth Karunakaran,was an Indian politician who served as the fifth chief minister of Kerala in 1977,from 1981 to March 1982,from May 1982 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1995. He is the founder of the Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) coalition,which has been the main opposition in Kerala since 2016.
Kannur University is a multi-campus public university established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod,Kannur,Wayanad districts of Kerala,India. It serves the region of North Malabar. It was established after the passing of Act No. 22 of 1996 of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. A university by the name of "Malabar University" had come into existence even earlier by the passing of an ordinance by the Governor of Kerala,on 9 November 1995.
St. Thomas' College (Autonomous),Thrissur,is a government aided college located in Thrissur,Kerala,India. It is founded by Mar Adolph Medlycott in 1889. It is the oldest college in the Erstwhile Princely State of Cochin and present day Thrissur district. It is the second private college to be recognised as a first-grade college under the University of Madras. It is the first Catholic college in Kerala and is conducted by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur.
The college is affiliated with the University of Calicut. The college attained Autonomous status in 2014 and was recognised as College with Potential for Excellence by University Grants Commission in 2016. The college was accredited with A++ grade in its fourth cycle of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation,scoring CGPA of 3.70 on a four-point scale in October 2022.
Malabar District,also known as Malayalam District,was an administrative district on the southwestern Malabar Coast of Bombay Presidency (1792–1800),Madras Presidency (1800–1937),Madras Province (1937–1950) and finally,Madras State (1950–1956) in India. It was the most populous and the third-largest district in the erstwhile Madras State. The historic town of Calicut was the admisnitrative headquarters of this district.
The term Kerala was first epigraphically recorded as' (Keralaputra) in a 3rd-century BCE rock inscription by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka of Magadha. It was mentioned as one of four independent kingdoms in southern India during Ashoka's time,the others being the Cholas,Pandyas and Satyaputras. The Cheras transformed Kerala into an international trade centre by establishing trade relations across the Arabian Sea with all major Mediterranean and Red Sea ports as well those of Eastern Africa and the Far East. The dominion of Cheras was located in one of the key routes of the ancient Indian Ocean trade. The early Cheras collapsed after repeated attacks from the neighboring Cholas and Rashtrakutas.
Chengalath Kunhirama Menon (1857–1935) was the founder/editor of Kerala Pathrika—first and earliest Malayalam newspaper published from Kozhikode,Calicut Kerala during 1885. Menon is often referred to as Chengalathu Valiya Kunhirama Menon;the appellation Valia is used to distinguish him from his nephew and well-known story writer Chengalathu Cheriya Kunhirama Menon popularly known with reversed initials M. R. K. C.
Keezhariyuris a village near Koyilandy in Kozhikode district,that lies on the eastern shore of Akalapuzha Lake. This village is famous for the bomb case happened during Independence struggle. Malayalam is the Local Language here. Keezhariyur has its own post office and the Pincode is 673307. Keezhriyur Panchayat was formed on 27 September 1968.
Ambat Ravunni Menon (1886-1960),popularly known as Dr. A. R. Menon,was a politician and a doctor from Thrissur City in Kerala,India. He was the first Minister of Health in Kerala and the Chairman of Thrissur Municipality. He was the first MLA from Thrissur Assembly Constituency to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957.
C.S. Gangadharan was an Indian freedom fighter,a Keralan member of the legislative assembly (MLA) and state president of the Kerala Freedom Fighters Association. He was a prominent leader of the Kerala Socialist Party (KSP).
Kannur,formerly known in English as Cannanore,Arabic as Kannanur,and Portuguese as Cananor,is a city and a Municipal Corporation in North Malabar region,state of Kerala,India. It is the largest city in North Malabar,which is the northernmost region of Kerala. It is sometimes identified Kolathunadu,which was ruled by the Kolathiris. In the 12th and 13th centuries there was trade with Persia and Arabia.
Kozhikode District has four types of administrative hierarchies:
K. Kumar (1894–1973) was an Indian orator,reformer and writer of the Indian pre-independence era. He was one of the earliest socio-political leaders to have brought Gandhi's message and the spirit of the national movement to the erstwhile Travancore State. A gifted translator,he traveled with Gandhi during his Kerala tours,interpreting his English speeches in Malayalam. He was also an Advisor to the Nehru government. Kumarji was the President of the Travancore Congress Committee and was also in charge of Gandhiji's Travancore tour more than once. He served on the AICC and on the working committee of the AICC,TC-PCC/ KPCC heading its Constructive Work Committee during crucial years of the freedom movement. He also functioned as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of Travancore
Kerala Pathrika was the first and earliest Malayalam language newspaper based in Calicut,India. Its first issue was published on 19 October 1884. Chengalathu Kunhirama Menon was the founder and chief editor of the paper.
Thrithala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in the state of Kerala located in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections,the current MLA is M. B. Rajesh of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
South Malabar refers to a geographical area of the southwestern coast of India covering some parts of the present-day Kerala state. South Malabar covers the regions included in present-day Kozhikode taluk of Kozhikode district,the whole area of Malappuram district,Chavakkad taluk of Thrissur district,and Palakkad district,excluding parts of Chittur taluk. The Fort Kochi region of Kochi city also historically belongs to South Malabar. The term South Malabar refers to the region of the erstwhile Malabar District south to the river Korapuzha,and bears a high cultural similarity to both the Cochin and the North Malabar regions.
Vella Eacharan Iyyani was an Indian politician from Palakkad,Kerala and a member of the Indian National Congress. He was elected to 1st Lok Sabha in 1952 from Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency and to 2nd Lok Sabha in 1957 from Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency. Eacharan was the Minister for Devaswom,Harijan welfare,Community Development,Colonization &Settlement (1971-1977). He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Thrithala in 1970 and Wandoor in 1977.
K. A. Damodara Menon (1906-1980) was an Indian National Congress politician,minister,journalist,writer,freedom fighter and an activist in the movement for united Kerala. He was elected to the Provincial Parliament in 1950 and Indian Parliament from Kozhikode as a representative of Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party,in 1952. During his term as a member of Kerala Legislative Assembly,he served as the Minister for Industries and Local Administration.
Aikya Kerala Movement,the movement to establish a united Kerala was one of the political movements in present-day Kerala state of India. The term Aikya Kerala literally means 'United Kerala'. It has been a statewide peaceful movement for a united Kerala state for all Malayalam speaking people,which lasted for more than three decades. Following the movement,The Malayalam-speaking regions of the Travancore–Cochin merged with the Malabar District and the Kasaragod Taluk of South Canara district in Madras State to form the modern Kerala state on 1 November 1956,according to the States Reorganisation Act,1956 passed by the Government of India.
