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unusual facts about Govindapuram, Kozhikode



Abbakka Chowta

In 1570, she formed an alliance with the Bijapur Sultan of Ahmed Nagar and the Zamorine of Calicut, who were also opposing the Portuguese.

Amma Ariyan

As they move from Kozhikode to, Beypore, Kodungalloor, Thrissur, Kottapuram, Vypin, and finally to Fort Kochi, the group swells as they meet many mothers and their sons and relatives who have known Hari; some had known him as a tabla player, some as Tony, the jazz drummer and others as a silent political activist, a victim of police brutality, and a loner.

Anweshi Womens Counselling Centre

Anweshi has been involved with a challenging task of exposing one of the several `sex rackets’ in Kerala that trapped adolescent girls and young women in Kozhikode city.

Bank of Madras

Bank of Madras had a branch network spread into all the major cities and trade centers of South India, including Bangalore, Coimbatore, Mangalore, Calicut, Tellicherry, Cochin, Alleppy, Cocanada, Guntur, Masulipatnam, Ootacamund, Nagapatnam, and Tuticorin.

C. H. Mohammed Koya

C.H. Mohammed Koya (born at Atholi, Calicut July 15, 1927 - 28 September 1983) was an Indian politician and the tenth Chief Minister of Kerala.

Chaliyar

During late 19th century and early 20th century, the Chaliyar was extensively used as a waterway for carrying timber from the forest areas in and around Nilambur to the various mills in Kallai of Calicut city.

Church of Our Lady of Light, Chennai

It was therefore impossible for Jesuits to reach India in 1500.) They landed in Calicut, where three of the Friars were slain on the 16 November 1500.

Deccani Souls

It was screened at the Transmissions Film Festival in New Delhi, India and was later screened to public at Cochin, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

Degredado

On account of his rudimentary knowledge of Hebrew and Arabic, Nunes was the first to go ashore in Calicut, India, and it is Nunes (not Gama) who uttered the famous phrase "We came to seek Christians and spices".

Deva Raya II

During his visit to Calicut in 1443 an assassination attempt on his life was made by his brother which was unsuccessful.

Edachena Kunkan

From then until early 1804, Pazhassi rebels launched guerrilla attacks on British positions throughout North Malabar, reaching the coastal towns of Kannur, Thalassery and Calicut.

Ezhamathe Varavu

The bungalow where the film is mostly set is located in Kinalur, near Balussery in Kozhikode district.

Farook College

.Farook College, Kozhikode was established as a first grade college in 1948 stands unique among the educational institutions of Kerala.

Fort Kochi

The territory that would be later known as Fort Kochi was granted to the Portuguese in 1503 by the Rajah of Kochi, after the forces of Afonso de Albuquerque helped him fighting the forces of Saamoothiri of Kozhikode.

Govindapuram, Kozhikode

Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and the Punjab National Bank are also major landmarks.

Haj Committee of India

Further embarkment points were added which presently includes Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkatta, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Srinagar, Nagpur, Patna, Jaipur, Guwahati and Aurangabad.

João de Sá

Sá was also a member of the group who accompanied Gama on his first trip into Calicut on 20 May 1498.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

Mappila dialect of Malayalam

Often, the Malayalee Muslim community of Malaysia and Singapore and few of them in Kerala write Malayalam using Arabic Script.The dialect is extensively spoken by Muslims in the North Malabar region of Kerala i.e. in the districts of Malappuram, Kozhikode, Palghat, Wayanad, Trichur, Kannur and Kasaragod.

Mar Thoma VIII

They were Maramon Palakunnathu Abraham Malpan (Syriac), Konattu Varghese Malpan (Syriac), Kozhikode Kunjan Assan (Sanskrit), Poet Laureate Chekottu Kuruvilla Assan (Malayalam) and from Kochi Mose Esarphathi (Hebrew & Greek) were the first teachers of this first education institution in Kerala.

Morning Star Higher Secondary School

Morning Star Higher Secondary School, Gudalur, Tamil Nadu, India, is a co-educational institution established on 25 May 1991 under the management of CMI (Carmelites of Mary Immaculate) fathers of St. Thomas Provinces, Kozhikode.

Mushika Kingdom

Mushika kingdom (Puzhinadu, Ezhimalai kingdom, or Eli-nadu) roughly included parts of present day Kozhikode, Kannur, and Kasaragod districts of Kerala state, India with capital at Ezhimalai (Mount Eli).

Mysorean invasion of Kerala

Hyder Ali first marched to present day Kerala in 1757 as per request of King of Palghat who was a long-time military foe of the Zamorin of nearby Kingdom of Calicut.

The Mysorean invasion of Kerala (1766–1792) was the military invasion of Malabar (northern Kerala), including the territories of the Zamorin of Calicut, by the Muslim de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore Hyder Ali.

Names of Burma

The aim of the commission was to correct the spelling of the place names of Burma in English, in order to discard spellings chosen by British colonial authorities in the 19th century, and adopt spellings closer to the actual Burmese pronunciation (compare with what happened in India with Calcutta/Kolkata and Calicut/Kozhikode).

P. K. S. Raja

Manavedan Raja was born on 22 March 1913 to A. K. T. K. M. Ashtamoorthi Namboothiripad and Kunhithambatty Thambooratthy at Thiruvanur near Calicut (present-day Kozhikode).

Paravoor Sreedharan Thanthrikal

He was a Tantri as well as a Priest in famous Sreekanteswara (Shiva) temple, Kozhikode which was established by the Hindu philosopher and teacher Sree Narayana Guru.

Pêro Vaz de Caminha

The 2nd Armada arrived on the Malabar Coast of India in September 1500, and the factory was promptly set up in Calicut (Calecute, Kozhikode).

Prabodhanam

Prabodhanam (മലയാളം:പ്രബോധനം) is a 64-year-old weekly Islamic magazine published in Malayalam from Kozhikode(Calicut) in Kerala, India .

Sathyamangalam

The nearest airport is Coimbatore International Airport, which is 65 km by road, which has regular flights to New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Sharjah and Singapore.

Sayd Abdulrahman Bafakhy Tangal Memorial Government College

College, Koyilandy was established in 1975 at Koyilandy, Kozhikode, Kerala and then moved in 1986 to current campus in Muchukunnu about 7 km north east of Koyilandy Town.

Shaktan Thampuran Private Bus Stand

It is the origin point of buses proceeding towards Thripryar, Kozhikode (Calicut), Kunnamkulam, Guruvayoor, Chavakkad, Kodungallore, Kuttippuram, Irinjalakuda, Ollur, Peechi, Palakkad, Manjeri, Perinthalmanna, North Paravur.

Temples consecrated by Narayana Guru

Guru laid foundation for Sreekandeswaram temple at Kozhikode

Thekkepuram

Its approximate boundaries are the Arabian Sea on the West, the Kallai river on the South, Vellayil(a fishing village) on the North, and the Kozhikode town on the East.

Tirur railway station

Though no trains originate from this station, trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, New Delhi, Mangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Jammu Tawi, Okha, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and so forth.

Trading Diaspora

As Gosch explains “premodern world system was to some extent an “archipelago of towns” in which urban centers in Europe (Bruges, Ghent, Genoa and Venice), the Middle East (Cairo, Aden, and Hormuz), and Asia (Samarkand, Calicut, Kanchipuram, Malacca, Quanzhou and Hangzhou) were connected to one another by trade and shared in a common culture of commerce.

Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal

He was born in Putiyangadi, Kozhikode district and was blessed with religious background.

After extending this idea, new meeting was held at Kozhikode hall, in which Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama was born and Varakkal Mullokoya Thangal was elected as president.

Varthamanam

Varthamanam is a Malayalam daily published from Kozhikode, Kochi, and Doha by Varthamanam Ventures Pvt Ltd.

Vattal Kurishu Palli

Situated by the side of coconut palms and a wide stretch of arecanut fields, at a village called Maikavu which is about 40 km from Kozhikode, this church is the refuge of thousands of people all over the world who seek the intercession of St. George.

Vellarimala

Vellarimala is a mountain range in Thiruvambady Panchayat on Kozhikode district of Kerala, India.

Vettakkorumakan

The most famous temple of this deity is the Balussery Kotta Vettakkorumakan temple about 25 km from Calicut.

White flag

Its use may have expanded across continents, e.g. Portuguese chronicler Gaspar Correia (writing in the 1550s), claims that in 1502, an Indian prince, the Zamorin of Calicut, dispatched negotiators bearing a "white cloth tied to a stick", "as a sign of peace", to his enemy Vasco da Gama.


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