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Keralapuram
Keralapuram is a suburban town in Kollam District of Kerala, India. It is located on National Highway 744 (India) at a distance of around 10 kilometers from Kollam City. Keralapuram is famous for numerous cashew factories in the region. It is split into Kottamkara Panchayath and Perinad Panchayath by the National Highway. In Kerala state legislative assembly elections, Keralapuram votes for Kundara Assembly constituency. History Keralapuram lies in between Kollam City, and the historic trade hub Kundara. The Kundara Proclamation by Velu Thampi Dalawa in the year 1809, which is considered to be one of the first events of freedom fight against the British Raj in Kerala, happened at a distance of 3 kilometers from the present day Keralapuram. First industries in Keralapuram are from the cashew industry boom of Kollam. Keralapuram has a Government High School that established in the year 1946 and a Public Library established in the year 1948. Another piece of history is the fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kainakary Thankaraj
Kainakary Thankaraj ( ml, കൈനകരി തങ്കരാജ്, 18 October 1946 – 3 April 2022) was an Indian actor, who worked in the Malayalam movie industry and Malayalam Drama Theater Industry. Life and career Kainakary, the son of the playwright Krishnankutty Bhagavathar, was born on 18 October 1946 in Kainakary, Travancore. He started acting at the age of 13 and worked on several theater committees, including Kerala People's Arts Club. He made his film debut in Aanappaachan (1978) starring Prem Nazir. He went on to act in over 35 films. Thankaraj started acting in plays while he was still in school and soon became a popular face in the amateur theatre circuit along with Nedumudi Venu, Faasil and Alleppey Ashraf. His first professional play was Changanasserry Geetha. He has been part of many professional theatre collectives including Kottayam National Theaters, Chalakkuddy Saradhi and KPAC. In 1995, he started his own theatre collective named Kainakary Theaters. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 744 (India)
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Kollam (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Kollam Lok Sabha constituency ( ml, കൊല്ലം (ലോക്സഭാ നിയോജകമണ്ഡലം) (formerly Quilon Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. Assembly segments Kollam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Corporations & Municipalities coming under Kollam Lok Sabha constituency * Kollam - Corporation * Paravur - Municipality * Punalur - Municipality Members of Parliament As Quilon Cum Mavelikkara in Travancore-Cochin As Quilon/Kollam Election Result 2019 According to Election Commission, there are 12,59,400(Women-6,59,597, Men-5,99,797, Transgenders-6) registered voters in Kollam Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election. Kollam Constituency was polled 74.36% of total electorate. 2014 See also * Kollam district * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha * Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala) * 2014 Indian general el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karicode
Karicode or Karikodu is a neighbourhood of Kollam city in India. It is about 5 km away from Kollam city centre. Karicode is the 23rd ward in Kollam Municipal Corporation council. The place is very famous because of the educational institutions by TKM Group(Thangal Kunju Musaliar Group). Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering in Kollam is the first self-financing engineering college in Kerala state. The college, established in 1958, is to be considered as the pioneers in engineering education in Kerala. TKM Arts & Science college is also situated at Karicode. Importance Karicode is one among the cashew processing hubs of Kollam. It was a part of Kilikollur panchayath before. Kilikollur has the maximum number of cashew processing factories in India. When Kollam Municipality was upgraded as city corporation in the year 2000, Karicode also merged with Kollam along with Kilikollur. The congested National Highway stretch passing through Karicode is making the place a traff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tkmce
The Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, commonly known as TKMCE, is the first government-aided engineering institution in the Indian state of Kerala inaugurated on 3 July 1958. It is the first Government aided engineering college in Kerala. The institution is affliated to KTU. The campus is located in Karicode, approximately away from Kollam, Kerala, India. The college is affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University since its inception in 2015. History The college was founded by the TKM Educational Trust, an organization established by Thangal Kunju Musaliar. The college's foundation stone was laid on 3 February 1956 by Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, and was inaugurated by Humayun Kabir, the Cabinet Minister for Scientific and Cultural Affairs, on 3 July 1958. The institution then went on to become the first government-aided institution in the state of Kerala. Campus The college is located at Karicode, a suburb town of the coastal ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NH 744
NH or Nh may refer to Businesses and organizations * All Nippon Airways (IATA code NH), formerly Nippon Helicopter, Japan's largest airline * National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, a South Korean cooperative federation also known by its Korean initials NH (''Nonghyup'') * New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad * NH (media company), formerly ', a Dutch broadcasting company * NH Hotel Group, formerly ', a Spanish-based hotel chain * NH Media ("''Nam Hee''"), a South Korean entertainment agency * Nordsjælland Håndbold, a Danish handball team Places * New Hampshire, US (postal abbreviation NH) * New Haven, a city in Connecticut, United States * Noroton Heights, Connecticut, a town in Connecticut, United States * North Holland, a province in the Netherlands * Nowa Huta, a district of Kraków, Poland In science and technology * Nh (digraph), an orthographic concept * National Hose Thread, a threaded connection standard used on hose couplings * Nickel hydride, a type of rech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayoor
Ayoor is a Town in Edamulakkal Panchayath of Punalur Taluk, Kollam district, Kerala state, India. Ayoor is located on the M C Road or state highway One. Jadayu Nature Park, Chadayamangalam is only 3.5 km away from ayoor. 32 km east of Kollam City and 55 km north of Thiruvananthapuram City. But the travelling time from Trivandrum and kollam cities are almost same. Ayoor is 17 km south of Kottarakara, 19km from Punalur and Anchal is 8 km away. Chadayamangalam and Kadakkal lies south of Ayoor, 7 kilometer from Roaduvila The place is a commercial center with rubber, paddy, cashew and pepper being the main trading items. The nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Thiruvananthapuram International Airport , is an international airport which serves Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. Established in 1932, it is the first airport in the state of Kerala and fifth international airport of In ..., 62 km south of Ayoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (European part of Turkey), Egypt, Iran, the Levant (including Syria (region), Ash-Shām and Cyprus), Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), and the Socotra Governorate, Socotra Archipelago (a part of Yemen). The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East) beginning in the early 20th century. The term "Middle East" has led to some confusion over its changing definitions, and has been viewed by some to be discriminatory or too Eurocentrism, Eurocentric. The region includes the vast majority of the territories included in the closely associated definition of Western Asia (including Iran), but without the South Caucasus, and additionally includes all of Egypt (not just the Sina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cashew Business In Kollam
The Cashew business in Kollam is based in the eponymous city, which is known as the ''Cashew Capital of the World''. Kollam is the largest processed cashew exporter in the world. there were more than 600 cashew processing units in the city. About 800,000 tonnes of raw cashews are imported to the city for processing every year. 80% of India's export quality cashew kernels were prepared in Kollam. Kollam has remained the cashew capital of the world since 1930s. However high cost of production existing in Kollam due to limited mechanisation and higher minimum wages, stiff competition on cost front from East Africa and Southeast Asia in international perspective and Tamil Nadu and East India in domestic perspective are putting a lot of pressure over cashew processing sector of Kollam in recent times. History Cashews were first brought to India by the Portuguese from the native Tupi territory (a Neotropic Divergent Evolutive Zone) in North Eastern Brazil. Portuguese planted them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himself employed by the British East India company from the age of seventeen until the British government assumed direct rule over India in 1858." * * and lasted from 1858 to 1947. * * The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and areas ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. As ''India'', it was a founding member of the League of Nations, a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900, 1920, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a founding member of the United Nations in San F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velu Thampi Dalawa
Velayudhan Chempakaraman Thampi of Thalakulam (1765–1809) was the Dalawa or Prime Minister of the Indian kingdom of Travancore between 1802 and 1809 during the reign of Bala Rama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal. He is best known for being one of the earliest individuals to rebel against the British East India Company's authority in India. Early life Velayudhan Thampi was born in a Nair family to Manakkara Kunju Mayatti Pillai and his wife Valliyamma Pillai Thankachi of Thalakkulam. He was born on 6 May 1765 in the village of Thalakkulam in Travancore which is in the present day district of Kanyakumari in Tamilnadu then a southern district of Travancore State. His full title was "Idaprabu Kulottunga Kathirkulathu Mulappada Arasarana Irayanda Thalakulathu Valiya Veettil Thampi Chempakaraman Velayudhan" being from the family that held the ownership of the province and the high title of ''Chempakaraman'' for their services to the modern state created by Maharajah Marthanda Varma. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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