Kottayam

Let's learn about Kottayam district today

• Formation : 1949 July 1.
• കേരളത്തിലെ ആദ്യ ചുമർ ചിത്ര നഗരം.
• District sharing it's borders only with other districts of Kerala.
• District having no coastal area.
• Founder of Kottayam city : T. Ramarao
• District known as 'Aksharanagari' of Kerala.
• Land of three L : Kottayam (Letter,Lake,Latex).
• District which got first green city award of Central tourism Dept.
• First city in India achieved full literacy (in 1989 June 25).
• First tobacco free district in Kerala.
• Largest rubber producing district in India.
• District which referenced in Arundhati Roy's 'God Of Small Things' : Kottayam (Aymanam village)
• First protest in India against untouchabilty : Vaikom Satyagraha (1924-25)
• River mentioned in the novel 'God Of Small Things' : Meenachilar.
• Gandhiji visited Kerala in 1925 related to Vaikom Satyagraha.
• The oldest news paper in Kerala still publishing : Deepika (1887)
• Birth place of the former president of India,K.R.Narayanan : Uzhavur.
• Birth place of the former chief justice of Supreme court of India,K.G.Balakrishnan : Thalayola parambu.
• Place known as paradise of adventurers in Kottayam : Erattupetta.
• Temple famous for 'Ezhara ponnana' : Ettumanur siva temple,Kottayam.
• കേരളത്തിലെ ഏക സൂര്യ ക്ഷേത്രം : ആദിത്യപുരം 
• Temple known as Dakshin mookambika : Panachikkad Saraswathi temple.
• Headquarters of Nair Service Society : Perunna (Changanassery)
• Place known as Vatican of Nairs : Perunna.
• Birth place of P.N.Panikker : Changanassery
• Famous tourism spot in Kottayam : Kumarakam
• South India plywood industries : Kottyam
• Oil palm india Ltd. : Kottayam
• First joint stock company in Kerala : Malayala manorama (1888).
• Kumarakam bird sanctuary is in Kottayam.
• Kerala news print factory : Vellur.
• Erumeli is in Kottayam district.
• First cement factory in Kerala : Travancore cement factory,Nattakam,Kottayam.
• First printing press in Kerala : CMS press,Kottayam.
• First college in Kerala : CMS College,Kottayam
• Headquarters of MG University : Priyadarshini hills, Athirampuzha(1983)
• Major rivers : Meenachilar,manimalayar,moovattupuzhayar.

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