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The Department of Education in Kerala also observes Vayana varam (Reading Week) for a week from June 19 to 25. [2] In 2017, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared June 19, Kerala's Reading Day, as National Reading Day in India. [2] The following month is also observed as National Reading Month in India. [2]
1972. The Kerala Library Association (KLA) was founded in 1972 by a group of librarians who strongly felt the need for an independent professional association at the state level to promote the cause of library development, professional standards of librarians, entirely dedicated for libraries and librarians. The Headquarters of the association ...
The state of Kerala was created in 1956 from the former state of Travancore-Cochin, the Malabar district and the Kasaragod taluk of South Canara District of Madras state. [ 7 ] The state is called Keralam in Malayalam, due to its grammatical addition of Anusvara.
The king Deva Raya II (1424–1446) of the Vijayanagara Empire conquered the entirety of present-day state of Kerala in the 15th century. [103] He defeated the Zamorin of Kozhikode, as well as the ruler of Kollam around 1443. [103] Fernão Nunes says that the Zamorin had to pay tribute to the king of Vijayanagara Empire. [103]
The census of India pegged the average literacy rate to be 73% in 2011 while National Statistical Commission surveyed literacy to be 77.7% in 2017–18. Literacy rate in urban areas was 87.7%, higher than rural areas with 73.5%. There is a wide gender disparity in the literacy rate in India [5] and effective literacy rates (age 7 and above) was ...
Kerala is a popular destination for both domestic as well as foreign tourists. Kerala is well known for its beaches, backwaters in Alappuzha and Kollam, mountain ranges and wildlife sanctuaries. Other popular attractions in the state include the beaches at Kovalam, Muzhappilangad, Bekal and Kappad; backwater tourism and lake resorts around ...
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (21 January 1908 – 5 July 1994), popularly referred to as Beypore Sulthan, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, a humanist and an Indian independence activist. He was a novelist and short story writer noted for his path-breaking, down-to-earth style of writing that made him equally popular among literary ...
According to tradition, Thomas the Apostle came to Muziris on the Kerala coast in AD 52 [48] [49] [10] which is in present-day Pattanam, near Kodungallur, Kerala. [ 50 ] The Cochin Jews are known to have existed in Kerala in the 1st century AD, [ 11 ] [ 51 ] and it was possible for an Aramaic -speaking Jew , such as St. Thomas from Galilee , to ...