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Kerala is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. It is one of four states that compose the linguistic-cultural region known as South India. First settled in the 10th century BCE by speakers of Proto-South Dravidian, Kerala was influenced by the Mauryan Empire. Later, the Cheran kingdom and feudal Namboothiri Brahminical city-states became major powers in the region. Finally, the States Reorganisation Act of November 1, 1956 elevated Kerala to statehood. Social reforms enacted in the late 19th century by Travancore and Cochin were expanded upon by post-Independence governments, making Kerala among the Third World’s healthiest, longest-lived, most gender-equitable, and most literate regions.
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Kerala is a state on the southwestern tropical Malabar Coast of India. To its east and northeast, Kerala borders Tamil Nadu and Karnataka; to its west and south lie the Indian Ocean islands of Lakshadweep and the Maldives, respectively. Kerala also envelops Mahé, a coastal exclave of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. In prehistory, Kerala’s rainforests and wetlands — then thick with malaria-bearing mosquitoes and man-eating tigers — were largely avoided by Neolithic humans. More than a millennium of overseas contact and trade culminated in four centuries of struggle between and among multiple colonial powers and native Keralite states. Kerala was granted statehood on November 1, 1956. Radical social reforms begun in the 19th century by the kingdoms of Kochi and Travancore — and spurred by such leaders as Narayana Guru and Chattampi Swamikal — were continued by post-Independence governments, making Kerala among the Third World’s longest-lived, healthiest, and most literate regions. Kerala’s 31.8 million people now live under a stable democratic socialist political system and exhibit unusually equitable gender relations. (more…)
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Munnar is a small town located in Idukki district, of the southern state of Kerala in India. The name is most often used to refer to the whole tourist area, of which the town forms a part. It is located at the confluence of the mountain streams Mudrapuzha, Nallathanni and Kundala. It is surrounded by wild jungles and is wet and cold for most of the season. Though part of Kerala state,Tamil workers brought from Tamilnadu and their successors are now majority in Munnar.
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- …that according to tradition, it is believed that Thomas , the apostle of Jesus Christ established the Church in India in 52 AD?
- …that Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was buried in St. Francis Church in India?
- …that Kochi in Kerala, India is the only place where Chinese fishing nets are used outside of China?
- …that Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary in Kerala, India, receives migratory birds from far away Siberia?
- …that the Mattancherry Palace, popular as Dutch Palace, in Kochi, India, was built by the Portuguese and renovated by the Dutch?
- …there is a belief that a dip in the waters of Papanasam Beach (pictured), one of the beaches in Kerala, washes away sins?
- …that the hull of the kettuvallams, Kerala houseboats, (pictured) are built of wooden boards tied together by coir rope?
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- December 26: Kerala becomes the first state in India where at least one in every household owns a bank account. (LM)
- November 16: The foundation stone for the SmartCity project at Kochi was laid by Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan and TECOM Executive Chairman Ahammed bin Byat.(Hindu)
- October 31: Poet and lyricist O. N. V. Kurup (pictured) has been chosen for the Kerala Government’s Ezhuthachan award for the year 2007.(Hindu)
- August 14: MPs from the state protest at the Lok Sabha against the bifurcation of the Palakkad division of the Southern Railways. MP P.C. Thomas is thrown out of the Parliament for disrupting the house on the issue. (IBN)
- August 8: Nation-wide strike by workers in the unorganised sector called by the CITU disrupts normal life in the state. (Hindu)
- August 1: 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts accused Abdul Nazer Mahdani is acquitted of all charges. (HT)
- June 12: Cases of Chikungunya and viral fever are reported in several districts, Army and navy pitch in to help in sanitation activities in the state. (NDTV)
- May 26: Senior leaders of CPI M Com. V. S. Achuthanandan and Com. Pinarayi Vijayan are suspended from politburo. (Hindu)
- May 22: The demolition drive initiated against illegal constructions is extended to other parts of the state, including Kozhikode and Kochi. (NK)
- May 15: Large scale demolitions of illegal structures on protected land at Munnar continues for the second day. (NDTV)
- May 11: Several people were hospitalised following a suspected ammonia gas leak at Irumbanam, near Kochi. (ET)
- May 4: Over 40 new-born babies have reportedly died over the past two months, contracting bacterial infection at the state-run Sree Avittam Thirunal (SAT) Hospital at Thiruvananthapuram. (IBN)
- April 29: Fake currency worth Rs.20 lakh seized from a passenger at the Calicut International Airport. (ET)
- April 27: Kochi has been selected as the stop-over destination in India for the 2008 Volvo Ocean Race, which will be passing through Asia for the first time. (VOR)
- April 25: State government approves the agreement to be signed with Dubai-based TECOM for setting up Rs 1500 crore Smart City project at Kochi. (Rediff)
- April 15: People across the state celebrate Vishu, greeting in the New Year through offerings and preparing vishukannis.
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