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 Kerala - Gateway To Paradise ( Kerala History, Kerala Society, Kerala Culture,
Thomas Christians and other Christian sects in Kerala History
From the dawn of history it has created a kind of insularity.
Kerala is one of the smallest states in the Indian union.
www.kerala.cc /keralahistory   (711 words)

  
 Calicut Medical College - TheBestLinks.com - Alumni, August 5, Computer, India, ...
The Calicut Medical College was established in 1957 as the second medical college in Kerala, India.
It is affiliated to the University of Calicut and serves 2/5 of the population of Kerala.
The foundation stone of the college was laid on May 29 1957 by the then Governor of Kerala Dr.B.Ramakrishna Rao.
www.thebestlinks.com /Calicut_Medical_College.html   (599 words)

  
 Kerala
Kerala is a land rich in the artistic expressions of its ancient culture and history.
Kerala's recorded history goes back to the third century B.C., and throughout the time since this special place in India has been a crossroad of trade and religious movements.
Kerala, India's southwestern state is a ribbon of land on the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent sandwiched between the Arabian Sea on one side and the Western Ghats high country at its eastern boundaries.
www.romartraveler.com /RomarPages/KERALA.html   (1697 words)

  
 Missing: Historic items from Kerala's Premier University Museum
Kerala is observing the 200th anniversary of the martyrdom of Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja, a native prince of North Kerala who fought the British East India Company's forces in the thick forests of Wynad and fell dead on November 30, 1805.
Scholars at the University's history department said that it was not only the palanquin that was taken out of the museum where the University had collected and stored a large number of historical articles over the past many decades.
A beautifully carved palanquin, donated by the East India Company to one of its officers who helped hunt the Pazhassi Raja, kept in the museum of the University's history department, was recovered from a nearby bush.
www.cobrapost.com /documents/keralamuseum.htm   (868 words)

  
 Canisius College - Dr. Sarada Rajeev
The spice economy of Kerala and its unique social structure (centered around the temple and its Hindu religious rites) in which this community of scholars existed will also be described.
Although Newton remains the undisputed giant of the field and the founder of modern physics, it has been since discovered (largely through the historical scholarship of K. Sharma) that many of the basic ideas of calculus were known previously to astronomers of a South Indian school.
Original text on Calculus, reprinted by Kerala University from a manuscript in the Oriental Manuscripts Library: Jyeshtadeva, Yuktibhasha (in Malayalam c.
www.canisius.edu /topos/rajeev.asp   (720 words)

  
 NDA enters God's Own Country through P C Thomas
For the first time in the electoral history of Kerala, in these elections, the voter was able to opt for a third party candidate instead of the time-tested LDF and UDF combines.
Mr Thomas, along with former MP Scaria Thomas, were ousted from the Kerala Congress (Mani) by party leader K M Mani after they challenged the back-door entry of the leader's son into the party as a candidate in the last Assembly polls.
For the first time in the state's electoral history, the voter exercised a third political option in the figure of NDA candidate PC Thomas, Union Minister of State for Law and Justice in the Vajpayee Cabinet.
www.hvk.org /articles/0504/121.html   (720 words)

  
 History of Malayalam Cinema
Soon such cinema halls were established in other major cities of Kerala.
¦ History of Indian Cinema ¦ Indian Parallel Cinema ¦
The first cinema hall in Kerala, with a manually operated film projector, was established in Trichur by K.W.Joseph in 1907.
www.cinemaofmalayalam.net /Malayalam_his_1.html   (720 words)

  
 Bulletin-29
On the folio of his personal life Joseph Edamaruku gives deep insights in the history of Kerala's rationalist movement and reveals unknown layers of the cultural history of Kerala.
Telephone: +91-11-2253255, Fax: +91-11-84539526 E-mail: edamaruku@yahoo.com KERALA LITERARY ACADEMY AWARD FOR JOSEPH EDAMARUKU The Kerala Sahithya Academy (Kerala Literary Academy) today announced its award for the best book in Malayalam language in the field of autobiography published in the years 1997, 98 and 99.
Today there are hundreds of ex-Muslim rationalists in Kerala, including some who reached the Kerala state leadership of the rationalist movement.
www.rationalistinternational.net /archive/en/rationalist_2000/29.htm   (1325 words)

  
 Science in India: History of mathematics: Indian Mathematicians and Astronomers,
K V Sarma: A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (Hoshiarpur, 1972).
A particularly important development in the history of Indian science that was to have a profound impact on all mathematical treatises that followed was the pioneering work by Panini (6th C BC) in the field of Sanskrit grammar and linguistics.
There was already a long and established history in the use of decimal numbers, and philosophical and cosmological constructs encouraged a creative and expansive approach to number theory.
members.tripod.com /~INDIA_RESOURCE/mathematics.htm   (4603 words)

  
 NBA PRESS RELEASE : 18 JULY 2000
The youths are understanding the tribal culture and history, history and process of people's movements across the boundaries and participating in alternative and sustainable ways of harnessing water and production of power, tribal medicines etc.
Following the launching of Satyagraha, the youth camp started on the July 16 to July 23, with youths participating from different parts of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Bengal and other places.
Youth groups and organisations in various parts of India are expressing the solidarity with the monsoon Satyagraha in the Narmada valley against the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), while the week-long "youth camp" has started in Domkhedi to understand and learn the tribal culture and alternative development.
www.narmada.org /nba-press-releases/july-2000/youth.html   (1000 words)

  
 history India - about history India
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The '''Republic of India''', located in South Asia and comprising most of the Indian subcontinent is the second most populous country in the world and...
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 History of Malayalam Cinema
Soon such cinema halls were established in other major cities of Kerala.
¦ History of Indian Cinema ¦ Indian Parallel Cinema ¦
The first cinema hall in Kerala, with a manually operated film projector, was established in Trichur by K.W.Joseph in 1907.
www.cinemaofmalayalam.net /Malayalam_his_1.html   (435 words)

  
 Courses Calicut Medical College
Selection to MBBS and BDS courses are by merit on the basis of the Entrance examination conducted by the Kerala State Board of Entrance examinations and 25% seats are allotted on the basis of All India Entrance Examination.
This is an unofficial site.For latest information about the courses and facilities you may contact the Director of Medical Education, Medical College P.O. Thiruvanathapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala.
Bachelor of Dentistry (B.D.S.) of University of Calicut
calmedcollege.freeservers.com /cmccourses.html   (303 words)

  
 Calicut Distance Education University - Schools RU
… University of Calicut, School of Distance Education, Kozhikode, Kerala.
… School of Distance Education, University of Calicut, 23777.
… Under Kerala, Calicut, Mahatma Gandhi and Kannur Universities there are 186 … Distance Education.
www.schools.ru.com /calicut-distance-education-university.html   (322 words)

  
 History of Dental Education
Facilities for formal Dental Education in Kerala was started in the year 1959 with the starting of Govt Dental College attached to Medical College, Trivandrum.
Govt decided to start another Dental College in the State, attached to Calicut Medical College in the year 1982.Dr.B.R.R.Varma,Head of the Dept of Periodontics,Dental College, Trivandrum was appointed as special officer at Calicut.
When the Dental College was started it was functioning just above the out patient block of the Medical College Hospital.A separate building for the Dental College was constructed just at the entrance of the Medical college campus and was inaugurated in 1962.The first batch of dental students was graduated in 1963.
www.idakerala.org /history_dentalEdu.htm   (374 words)

  
 History of the Cardiological Society of India
Nair was the professor of Medicine and Cardiology at the Medical College, Alappuzha.
The guidelines for giving financial grants to Continuing educational programs were fixed in 1998 and an amount of Rs.
Chacko from Kochi later on joined the Kerala Chapter and participated actively in all its activities.
www.csikerala.org /aboutus.htm   (889 words)

  
 New Kerala .Com, India for Latest News on India, Kerala, Cricket, Bollywood & Kerala Info
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and Tourism Minister Renuka Chaudhury at the Annual Convention -05 of the' World's finest hotels Resorts and Spas', in New Delhi on Thursday.
India has won 60 cricket trophies so far
Sania hopes to be fit in two weeks, to return in court in January
www.newkerala.com   (463 words)

  
 Kerala travel guide,Kerala tourism,Indian tour operators,travel guide Kerala,tourist attraction,Kerala travel agent, India,Kerala travel guide,Kerala travel tour packages,kerala tourism information
Legends, Myths and archealogical findings combine to provide interesting evidence regarding the early history of Kerala
Kerala, the land of rivers and backwaters is a green strip of land, in the South West corner of Indian peninsula.
Kerala's equable climate, natural abundance of forests (with a wealth of herbs and medicinal plants), and the cool monsoon season (June - November) are best suited for Ayurveda's curative and restorative packages.
www.tourmyindia.com /states/kerala   (462 words)

  
 Kerala travel guide, Kerala travel map, Tourism map of Kerala, Kerala travel guides
Though Kerala has a chequered history dating back to the Christian era, the modern Kerala was created in 1956 when all the states were reorganized along linguistic lines.
Kerala is different from the rest of the India in many ways.
Geography is destiny in Kerala with the monsoon winds bringing the gift of life annually.
mapsofindia.com /stateprofiles/kerala   (2096 words)

  
 The Hindu : Amartya Sen & the Kerala 'model'
The constructive roots are Kerala's indigenous intellectual history and the impact of its global exposure.
First, Kerala's successful experience in development should not be confused with a Kerala model of development.
Third, education in Kerala has created major enhancement of day- to-day human freedom, capacity for asserting other rights such as health care, demands for more public services and monitoring their delivery, a better climate for gender equity, and above all, much faster reduction in income poverty than in many other States.
www.hinduonnet.com /2001/01/09/stories/05092523.htm   (1177 words)

  
 Kerala Backwaters
The backwaters and lakes of Kerala have commanded its history, shaped her present and promise a future by ethics of offering matchless beauty and outstanding experiences.
Kerala's palm-lined backwaters are inland lakes connected by a network of canals.
This was the place where the gigantic kettuvallams (cargo boats of rural Kerala) were built.
www.ecoindia.com /kerala-backwaters.htm   (1177 words)

  
 Bangla1
Bengal's history in the 1st millennium BC was that of glory and expansion.
Chera (Kerala), another ancient sea-faring nation of South West coast of India, who might also be descended from the Indus civilization, at this time traded with the Romans as they had with the Greeks and the Jews and Egyptians earlier.
In fact, the history of India is a history of Bengal for the large part.
www.geocities.com /raqta24/bangla3.htm   (5734 words)

  
 Sami Labs - History
Muhammed Majeed, Founder and Chairman of Sami Labs Limited, was born and brought up in Kerala (India).
The global revenue of the company today stands approximately at USD 60 million (for 2004), with an employee strength of 50 people in USA, 700 in India which includes around 100 scientists worldwide.
To facilitate the increased demand for innovative application-based products, Sami Labs Limited (formerly known as Sami Chemicals and Extracts Limited) was set up in 1991 at Singasandra in Bangalore (India) as a research and development facility.
www.samilabs.com /history.htm   (404 words)

  
 India, About India, India Culture, Indian History, Indian Legends, Indian Population, Indian Religion, Indian Topography
From the pine-clad slopes of the Himalayas to the scrub and thornforests of north west and peninsular India and from the semi-arid central forests to the ever-green deciduous groves of Kerala, Bengal, the northeast hills, and the Andaman and Nicobar, India’svegetation is tailored to its diverse topography.
India is the name given to the vast peninsula which the continent of Asia throws out to the south of the magnificent mountain ranges that stretch in a sword like curve across the southern border of Tibet.
Lord Buddha was born in India and it is from the shores of this land that Buddhism was disseminated to Sri Lanka and to Tibet.
www.mapsofindia.com /maps/india/india.html   (6709 words)

  
 Kerala university accused of ignoring Muslim history
Kerala University, however, has denied that it had deliberately excluded the period from the M.A. History syllabus.
The new syllabus recommended for the MA History course at Kerala University is embroiled in a controversy with the Democratic Government College Teachers’ Association here demanding that it should be with drawn.
It is not right to say that the study of Islamic history has been excluded, the university added, because the paper ‘History of Social Reform Movements in India’ covers detailed study of the social reform movements in Islamic religion.
www.hvk.org /articles/1000/38.html   (342 words)

  
 The Namboothiri Community - A History
Those in Kerala proper are listed in the Keralolpathi, the narrative of Kerala history.
In fact, much of the agrarian land in Kerala was under the control of these thirty-two Gramams or the several Upagramams they had - at least that is the impression that we gather from the inscriptions of the period.
His best contribution to Indian History is his studies on "Brahman Settlements in Kerala".
www.namboothiri.com /articles/history.htm   (342 words)

  
 Science in India: History of mathematics: Indian Mathematicians and Astronomers,
A particularly important development in the history of Indian science that was to have a profound impact on all mathematical treatises that followed was the pioneering work by Panini (6th C BC) in the field of Sanskrit grammar and linguistics.
Although it appears that original work in mathematics ceased in much of Northern India after the Islamic conquests, Benaras survived as a center for mathematical study, and an important school of mathematics blossomed in Kerala.
Mathematics was thus brought into the service of both the secular and the ritual domains.
members.tripod.com /~INDIA_RESOURCE/mathematics.htm   (4603 words)

  
 PunjabiLit: India: HISTORY India
By the 12th century the cities of the southwestern coast of India, in what is now Kerala and southern Karnâtaka, housed Jewish and Arab traders who drew on a network centered in the Persian Gulf and reaching through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea and Italy.
Although India had agreed to hold a plebiscite in the region, it claimed that the plebiscite was dependent on the withdrawal of Pakistani forces from Kashmîr, and that the vote of the Kashmîr legislature in 1956 to integrate fully into India made a plebiscite unnecessary.
India supplied wheat and other goods to British forces east of Suez, and with the loss of trade with Germany and the other Central Powers and the continuance of heavy taxation, the economic cost of the war was evident.
india.punjabilit.com /history.htm   (13595 words)

  
 Chennai (Madras)
The city has a decidedly British air to it, primarily due the fact that it was under British rule for most of its history.
Apart from Tamilians and people hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka; Chennai has a sizeable number of Gujarathis, Marwaris, Punjabis and people belonging to the Parsi, each group adding its colors to the rich tapestry of the modern city of Chennai.
Chennai, the cultural centre of South India and gateway to the state of Tamil Nadu, is a fascinating jumble dominated by glittering high-rise emporia and corporate buildings.
members.tripod.com /~APasupathy/Chennai.html   (372 words)

  
 Keralam . com :: True Sentiments of Kerala
Newcomers of the new typical generation need to study a bit about the history of kerala's technopark about who was the one behind this venture.
We are actually guided wrong by the newspapers because i belong to Kerala on;y and I personally know his family.
We want to start our work at 10.30 and gossip about life till 12.30, eat our tiffin, and restart the giossip at 1.30 till 4.30 when it is time to leave and when threaten with suspension, we raise the red flag.
www.keralam.com /discussion.asp?dtID=3   (794 words)

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