Portal:Kerala

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...)

• ...that Saddam Beach in the Indian state of Kerala was given its name by local Muslim villagers after the Gulf War of 1991 in solidarity with former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein?
• ...that the Periyar National Park, Thekkady is located around the Periyar reservoir formed by the backwaters of the Mullaperiyar dam (pictured)?
• ...that Yuktibhasa, written by Indian astronomer Jyeshtadeva, is considered to be the first mathematical treatise on calculus?
• ...that the Mahé River in India was nicknamed the "English Channel" because it separated British-ruled Thalassery from French-ruled Mahé?
• ...that the Cheraman Juma Masjid, the oldest mosque in India, was originally constructed in traditional Hindu architectural style?
• ...that the film crew of actress Revathi's directorial debut Mitr, My Friend was entirely composed of women?
• ...that the Malayalam movie Moonnamathoral was the first high-definition film to be digitally distributed to theatres via satellite?
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• December 8: The 11th International Film Festival of Kerala begins at Thiruvanathapuram.
• November 16: Rising water levels in the Mullaperiyar Dam raises security concerns in the downstream districts, with conflicting views about the dependability of the dam raised by Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
• November 1 : Kerala celebrates Golden jubilee of its statehood.
• October 24 : Veteran Congress leader A. K. Antony sworn-in as the new Defence Minister of India.
• October 22 : West Bengal defeats Kerala in the Semi final match of Santhosh trophy football in the shoot out 4-2.
• October 19 : Veteran Malayalam actress Srividya dies of prolonged cancer-related illness.
• October 19 : Kerala enters the semi finals of the Santosh Trophy, beating Karnataka 2-1 in the quarter league.
• October 3: Nearly 61 people reportedly dead and over 20,000 hospitalised following an outbreak of Chikungunya in parts of Alapuzha, Ernakulam, Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram. (Pictured is the Stegomyia aegypti mosquito that spreads the disease.)(ibnlive.com)

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