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The Cheras are referred to as Kedalaputo (Sanskrit: "Kerala Putra") in the Emperor Ashoka's Pali edicts (3rd century BCE). [1] The earliest Graeco-Roman accounts referring to the Cheras are by Pliny the Elder in the 1st century CE, in the Periplus of the 1st century CE, and by Claudius Ptolemy in the 2nd century CE.
The history of ancient Kerala is deeply intertwined with ancient Tamilagam, and the Tamil and Malayalam languages are closely related. The dialect of Malayalam spoken today in the taluks of Chittur and Palakkad in Kerala has slight tamil influence due to mixing with tamil migrants living in the region and the tamil spoken by Palakkad iyers has large number of Malayalam loanwords, has been ...
Pages in category "Lists of people from Kerala" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Lists of people from Kerala (1 C, 23 P) + Women from Kerala (3 C, 24 P) C. People from the Chera kingdom (3 C, 6 P) People from the Kingdom of Cochin (3 C, 12 P) G.
Swaroopam - Royal title of Kerala. Thamban - Royal Nair title. Chekavar - A title in North Malabar, given to the members of Thiyya Caste who are trained in Warfare and Martial Arts and are deployed as Soldiers. [12] Mappila - Mappila is a surname for Travancore Syrian Christians and Muslims of Malabar. Moopan - All Kerala and North Malabar most ...
The Ezhava are a prominent community in Kerala making up approximately 25% of the state's population. The following is a list of notable members of the Ezhava community.
Kerala was usually known as Malabar in the foreign trade circles in the medieval era. [29] Earlier, the term Malabar had also been used to denote Tulu Nadu and Kanyakumari which lie contiguous to Kerala in the southwestern coast of India, in addition to the modern state of Kerala. [30] [31] The people of Malabar were known as Malabars.
V. S. Achuthanandan - former Chief Minister and current leader of opposition of Kerala; K. R. Gowri Amma - Revenue Minister in the first Kerala LDF ministry, initiated the revolutionary land reforms in Kerala, Agriculture Minister in Kerala UDF Ministry; A. K. Antony - Three-time Chief Minister of Kerala, Former Indian Defence Minister