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Kerala. The term Kerala was first epigraphically recorded as Cheras (Keralaputra) in a 3rd-century BCE rock inscription by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka of Magadha. [1] It was mentioned as one of four independent kingdoms in southern India during Ashoka's time, the others being the Cholas, Pandyas and Satyaputras. [2]
The 2024 Wayanad landslides were a series of landslides that occurred in Punjirimattom, Mundakkai, Chooralmala, and Vellarimala villages in Meppadi panchayat, Vythiri taluk [5] in Wayanad district, Kerala, India in the early hours of 30 July 2024. The landslides were caused by heavy rains that caused hillsides to collapse, destroying the areas ...
The state also is regarded as the "least corrupt Indian state" according to the surveys conducted by CMS Indian Corruption Study (CMS-ICS) [381] Transparency International (2005) [382] and India Today (1997). [383] Kerala has the lowest homicide rate among Indian states, with 1.1 per 100,000 in 2011. [384]
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Nearly a month after a building fire claimed the lives of 24 Malayalis in Kuwait a Malayali family of four killed in Kuwait City following suffocation due to the fire, which broke out in apartment after they had returned from a vacation in Kerala earlier that day. The family hailed from Neerattupuram in Kerala's Alappuzha district. [52] [41]
After India was partitioned in 1947 into India and Pakistan, Travancore and Cochin, part of India were merged on 1 July 1949 to form Travancore–Cochin (Thiru-Kochi). [7] A popular movement known as Aikya Kerala Movement, for the formation of the State of Kerala, gave motivation to the reorganization of the state on a linguistic basis. [8] [9]
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 ...
The culture of Kerala has developed over the past millennia, with influences from other parts of India and abroad. [1] [2] It is defined by its antiquity and the organic continuity sustained by the Malayali people. [3] Modern Kerala society took shape owing to migrations from different parts of India and abroad throughout Classical Antiquity ...