Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
List of notable people who were born or settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The Thiruvananthapuram city police is a division of the Kerala Police, and the administrative control lies with the Kerala Home Ministry. Thiruvananthapuram city police is the largest police division in Kerala, and it consists of four subdivisional offices and 24 police stations and a sanctioned strength of 3,500 police personnel. [99]
Prominent people who were born or settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), the capital of Kerala. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Thiruvananthapuram city has the most theatres of any city in Kerala, all of which are within a 2 km radius. [31] There are 19 A-Class theatres. Areisplex sl cinema audi-1 is the largest theatre in the state with a seating capacity more than 1300. Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, founded in 1998, is based at Thiruvananthapuram.
Thiruvananthapuram district is a major academic hub. The University of Kerala is in Thiruvananthapuram city. There are 20 arts and sciences colleges in the district, and the estimated total number of students is 15,926. The University of Kerala has its research and higher-education centres at Kariavattom. [64]
The history of Thiruvananthapuram dates back to the 18th century AD. In 1795, the city became the capital of the princely state of Travancore.Several historic landmarks of the city, including the Kowdiar Palace, University of Kerala, and Napier Museum were built during that period.
The Gujarati Street at Mattancherry in the city is a main Gujarati cultural icon in Kerala. [20] Calicut, Trichur, and Cannore also have a sizeable population of Hindu and Jain Gujaratis. [21] They are basically business people doing all forms of wholesale and retail trade. [citation needed] There is a Gujarati Higher Secondary School near ...
This page was last edited on 18 November 2020, at 21:49 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.