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8 unusual facts about Kannur


Azhikode

Azhikode, Kannur is a village situated in Kannur district of Kerala, south India

District Planning in Kerala

In order to experiment a pilot exercise in district planning, two districts - Kottayam among the developed and Kannur among the backward – were selected.

Duarte Barbosa

In 1500 his uncle Gonçalo Gil Barbosa, after traveling in the 1500 fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral, was left as factor in Kochi, and in 1502 was transferred to Kannur.

The places described by Duarte Barbosa suggest that he had accompanied his uncle on this trip to Kochi and Cannanore.

Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran

His mother was Pooram Nal Devi Amba Thampuratti while his father was Cheriyoor Mullapally Narayanan Namboothiri, Perinchelloor Gramam (Taliparamba) in Kannur District.

Minicoy

Until the 16th Century, the Laccadives appear to have been under the suzerainty of the Kolthari Raja of Chirakkal in what is now the Indian state of Kerala.

Nolhivaranfaru

Following the 1752 capture of Male' by the Ali Raja of Cannanore and his Malabari navy, Sultan Muhammad Imaduddin III of the Maldives was held captive on Kavaratti island in the Laccadives.

Pothuval

Payyanur Pothuvals, from Kannur District in Kerala, are different from the Pothuvals described above.Payyanurr pothuvals were not considerd as ambalavasis but in olden days were mainly associated with Payyanur Subramanayaswami Temple and were called Achansfathers.


B. Sandhya

She served as Assistant Superintendent of Police, Shornur, Joint Superintendent of Police, Alathur, Superintendent of Police, CBCID, Kannur, District Superintendent of Police, Kollam and Thrissur, Asst.

Beaches in Kerala

In the northern parts of Kerala, in places such as Bekal, Thalassery and Kannur, the headlands rise above the shore from the fringe of the beaches.

Chandrika

It is published from Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram, Kochi, Trivandrum, Doha, Dubai, Riyadh and Jeddah and was the first attempt to have a newspaper from Malabar Muslims to support the political party.

E N Ibrahim Moulavi

Ezhimala Ahmed Musliar was a reputed Islamic scholar who migrated from Kannur to Cheruvadi.

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.

Kannur International Airport

More than 8 roads are to be developed for connecting to the Airport, which includes Kannur (Melechovva)-Mattannur road, Thalassery-Mattannur road, ThalasseryAnjarakandy–Airport road, ThalasseryNadapuram Road, Karnataka Border (Koottupuzha/Makutta) – Mattannur Road, Wayanad (Mananthavadi) – NedumpoilMattannur road, Payyanur/EzhimalaMattannur road, ThalasseryMahe Bypass, etc.

Kannur International Airport is an upcoming international airport located at Mattanur in Kannur District, Kerala, India.

Kaumudi Teacher

Kaumudi teacher (16 July 1917, Vayakkara - 4 August 2009) was a Gandhian and an Indian freedom fighter from Kannur, Kerala.

Kunjananthante Kada

The story of Kunjananthante Kada is set in a village around the Mattannur-Iritty area of Kannur, Kerala.

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.

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).

Over the millennia, their kingdom roughly covered present-day Kasaragod and Kannur districts in Kerala, South India, along with some adjoining areas of Northern Kerala and Tulu Nadu, and in some periods parts of Tamil Nadu, Kodagu and Mysore as well.

Popular Front of India

The General Secretary, OMA Salaam, questioned the use of the UAPA, esp. in Kannur district where extremist RSS and CPI(M) members had been rounded up during arms training, and (lightly) booked under normal laws.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kannur

Diocese of Kannur comprises the territory of the civil district of Kannur to the north of Mahé River, excluding Pallur, Chelakara, Panthakal and Chenkallai which belong to the municipality of Mahe and the territory of the civil district of Kasaragod which falls to the south of Chandragiri River.

Sevenes

Sevens is a kind of football played in North malabar, especially in Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kannur.

Taliparamba

Notable educational institutes in Taliparamba include the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kannur Engineering College, University Campus and HQ,Moothedath High School, Tagore Vidyaniketan Higher Secondary School, Seethi Sahib High School, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and Sir Syed College.

Thangal

In Kerala sayyid family members are located mainly in Thrissur district (Chavakkad Bukhara, Padoor, Mathilakam), Malappuram district, Kozhikode district, Kannur district and Kasargod district

Vicente Sodré

However, before his departure, Vasco da Gama ordered his uncles to keep the patrol near the Malabar Coast of India, to protect the Portuguese-allied cities of Cochin and Cannanore from any vengeful attacks by the Zamorin of Calicut.


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