Glimpses of World History through Kerala and Dutch

The Dutch landed at the Malabar Coast for spice trade 106 years after the advent of Vasco de Gama.


Dutch in Kerala

കേരളചരിത്രത്തിലൂടെ ഡച്ച് സമൂഹം - മലയാളരൂപാന്തരം

പോര്‍ട്ടുഗീസില്‍ നിന്നും വാസ്കോഡിഗാമ കോഴിക്കോട് എത്തി 106 വര്‍ഷം കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോള്‍ സുഗന്ധവ്യഞ്ജന വ്യാപാരത്തിന് ...

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History of Kerala

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Many of the mythological stories in Kerala are common with the rest of India coming from the same Vedic Storytelling History....

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History of Trivandrum

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Trivandrum (Now Thiruvananthapuram) city and several other places in the district loom large in ancient tradition, folklore and literature....

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Mathrubhumi Turns 100

When the Indian struggle for independence began to spread the length and breadth of the country in the 1920s, the present state of Kerala existed as three different regions: Malabar in the north which was ruled by the British directly and two kingdoms – Cochin, and Travancore in the south. Cochin and Travancore were sovereign kingdoms, but they too were under the thumb of the British who kept a control on things through resident representatives who overtly and covertly interfered in the local affairs. Though there were newspapers, both in English and Malayalam, circulating in the area, none of them devoted any space to news about the independence struggle as the managements didn’t want to rub the rulers the wrong way. The storm of protests against the British rule that was gathering strength in different parts of India echoed in the Kerala region also, and Kozhikode became the hub of all such activities in the Malabar-Cochin-Travancore region. As things were heating up, one thing the local leaders found difficult was to circulate news about happenings in Kozhikode and elsewhere and to disseminate messages from national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi. Owners of the printing presses in Kozhikode refused to print even statements by the local leaders as they were scared of inviting the wrath of the British authorities. Some leaders resorted to using cyclostyle machines to get their statements out but that was an inefficient way. ....
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Kerala CM launches seven mega projects at CIAL

Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has launched seven "mega projects" at Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) here.

The chief minister, on Monday, inaugurated the operation of the Import Cargo Terminal, DigiYatra software and Airport Emergency Services in an event held at the international airport. Vijayan also launched the projects for the first phase of the expansion of Terminal 3, the '0484' luxury aero lounge, an intrusion detection system at the airport and golf resorts.

During his speech, Vijayan said Kerala is showing the public an alternative when even the strategic public sector undertakings in the country, including airports, are being privatised in the country. He said that the PSUs in the southern state serve as an alternative to privatisation in that sector. Vijayan said that the Indian aviation sector expects an annual growth of 9.7 per cent and the terminal expansion of CIAL is being implemented to cater to future needs.

The Airport Fire and Rescue Force was also upgraded to Airport Emergency Services, and Vijayan also inaugurated the inclusion of two Austrian-made fire engines and other advanced vehicles among other safety measures at CIAL.

CIAL said the Import Cargo Terminal will increase the annual capacity of cargo handling to two lakh metric tonnes. The chief minister also inaugurated works to install a Perimeter Intrusion Detection System along the 12-km-long compound wall. Cochin International Airport is the first in India to be built by a public-private partnership and is owned by a public limited company CIAL, created by the Kerala government.


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Kerala, a state on India's tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. It's known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals.


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Glimpses of World History through Kerala and Dutch

The Dutch landed at the Malabar Coast for spice trade 106 years after the advent of Vasco de Gama.





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The Imperial Gazetteer of India

The Imperial Gazetteer of India was a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire, and is now a historical reference work. It was first published in 1881. Sir William Wilson Hunter made the original plans of the book, starting in 1869.

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Volume 1
Abar to Balasinor
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Volume 2
Balasor to Biramganta
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Volume 3
Birbhum to Cocanada
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Volume 4
Cochin to Ganguria
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Volume 5
Ganjam to India
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Volume 6
India
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English Essays and Poems by Ulloor S parameswara Iyer based on Onam
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Extract of history of Travancore - Madras from the book "Duke of Clarence and Avonodale in South India" by J D Ress published in 1891
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