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unusual facts about Malabar District


Eutropis beddomii

Eutropis beddomii is found in southern India (Salem, Tinnevelly, Malabar, Mysore, etc.), the most northern locality known being SE Berar.


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.

States Reorganisation Act, 1956

#Madras State: Malabar District was transferred to the new state of Kerala, and a new union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, was created.

Thalassery Stadium

On this ground, the first ball was bowled in the early 19th century, thanks to Colonel Arthur Wellesley, who brought the game to this Malabar town.


see also

Kochi metropolitan area

Finally, the Government of India's States Reorganisation Act (1956) inaugurated a new state Kerala; incorporating Travancore-Cochin (excluding the four southern Taluks which were merged with Tamil Nadu), Malabar District, and the taluk of Kasargod, South Kanara.