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8 unusual facts about Malappuram


A.P. Anil Kumar

A.P. Anil Kumar was born in a back ward Kanakkan community on 15 March 1965 to A.P. Balan and K.L. Devaki at Malappuram, Kerala.

Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji

Kunjalikutty (Siddique) gets a visa to Dubai and a job offer at his Dad's friend's (Madhu) school in Malappuram at the same time.

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.

Melattur Sahadevan

He has presented his concerts in many destinations along with famous musicians & served as music teacher in Government Higher Secondary School, Pattikkad, Malappuram.

Pathiri

Irachi pathiri or Irachi Pathil is very popular in North Malabar and is a very common Snack in areas of Thalassery, Vadakara and Malappuram.

Sevenes

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

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

TKM Bava Musliyar

Hailing from Malappuram, he served as Qazi (chief jurist) at Kasaragod for 25 years and possessed reputation as spiritual leader of Malabar region.


Aligarh Muslim University

The AMU has established centres at Malappuram, (Kerala) and Murshidabad, (West Bengal) while the Kishanganj, (Bihar) centre has been allotted land, and a site has been identified for Aurangabad, (Maharashtra) centre.

Azad Moopen

The MIMS Academy Trust, under his Chairmanship has set up a 32-acre campus at Karad in Malappuram District which has more than 1,100 students in medical and nursing subjects.

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.

Chelembra bank robbery

A special team led by Malappuram Superintendent of Police P. Vijayan and Deputy Superintendent K K Ibrahim conducted the investigation under the supervision of K.S.Jangpangi the Additional Director General of Kerala Police.

Farook College

The saga of Farook College begins in the early 1940s, in the obscure Anakkayam village in Malappuram District, where a visionary ruminated on ways and means of spreading the light of knowledge among the members of his community who were floundering in the darkness of ignorance.

Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology

The Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (KCAET), the only Agricultural Engineering college in Kerala, is situated at Tavanur in Malappuram district.

Madin

Ma'din, a charitable institution based in Malappuram, Kerala, India

Marutha

Marutha, India, a village in Nilambur taluk of Malappuram district


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