World History

Kerala History
THE GEOGRAPHICAL
BACKGROUND
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Which is the highest point in the

Western Ghats?
Anamudi Peak
Which is the widest gap in the
Western Ghats?
Palakkad
Which territory is also known as
the rice bowl of Kerala?
Palakkad
How many passes in the Western Ghats?

In which district Sabarigiri

project situated ?

Pathanamthitta
Which was the old name of river
Periyar?
Choorni
Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary situated at?

Palakkad
Which is the biggest irrigation
project in Kerala?

Kallada

Chavara

Manimala

Where did the centuries old

Edakal Cave located?

Wayanad

Which river has been used for

the Kallada irrigation scheme in
Kollam district?

Kallada

How many rivers are there in

Kerala?

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Which is the largest Christian

religious convention in Asia?
Which one of the following not
include the east flowing river in
Kerala?

Which was the first Hydro-electric project of Kerala?

Pallivasal

Which is the birth place of

Sankaracharya?

Maramon Convention

Which is the biggest fresh water lake in Kerala?

Sasthamcotta lake

Kalady

Of the following, which is the

most famous fishing centre in
Kerala?

Neendakara

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Which seashore in Kerala is famous for deposit of mineral

soil?

Which of the following districts

do not have sea coasts?

Pathanamthitta, Kottayam,

Mother Kerala sleeps

with her head on the lap
of the Sahyadri clad in
Green and her feet
pillowed on the crystal
ocean sand, Kumari at one
end and the Lord of
Gokarna on the other.
Who said these words?

Mahakavi Vallathol

Palakkad, Wayanad and

Idukki

Which of the following groups

is a group of East flowing rivers in Kerala?

Kabani, Bhavani & Pambar

Which is the longest river in

Kerala?

Periyar

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Which river flows through the

Silent Valley?

Kunthipuzha

From where, Kerala receives

most of the rainfall?

K.P. Padmanabha Menon

North West Monsoon

Which place in Kerala is known

as Chirapunji of Kerala?

Which district in Kerala gets

lowest rain?

Which is the biggest Power Station in Kerala?

Which one of the following

river mentioned in Kautilyas
Arthasasthra?

Where is the wind power station

in Kerala located?

The earliest literary work which

shows acquainatance with the
land of Kerala was

Kanjikode

Kayamkulam power station is a

Which one of the following uses

as fuel in Kayamkulam power
station?

Naptha

The capacity of Kayamkulam

power project is?

A PEEP INTO THE

SOURCES

Where is the Brahmapuram

power station located?

Who
wrote
Mujahiddin?

Tuhafat-ul-

Who wrote
Travancore?

History

P. Shangoony Menon

The Sabarigiri project is located

in the river-

of

Pepper

A collection of 400 love poems

of 13 to 31 lines each
A collection of 400 poems dealing with external matters like
war, government, etc, each
poem running in to 4 to 40 lines

Purananuru

famous

Which is known as the black

gold?

Pradyamnab-

Ravivarma Kulasekhara

Thirunavai

Author of
hyudayam

Agananuru

Which was the first diesel

power plant in Kerala?
Where was the
Mamamkom held?

The book, that deals with

Marthanda Varmas (1729-1758)
dedication of his kingdom to Sri
Padmanabha

Balamarthandavijaya (writ-

Brahmapuram

The book which refers to the

code of civil & criminal laws
during the 16th century

ten by Devaraja)

Pamba

Vyavaharamala

Shaik Zainuddin

Ernakulam

Matrudatta

Atula

The book which refers to the

abolition of tolls in Cochin in the
16th century

Kamasandesa written by

Who composed Mushakavamsa?

350 MW

Aitareya Aranyaka

Thermal power station

Who wrote Kokilasandesa?

Uddanda Sastrikal

Periyar

Subha dra dhan anj aya(a

drama) was written by?

Kulasekhara Alwar

Idukki

Idukki

Which is the biggest arch

dam of India?

Palakkad

Who wrote the book Malabar

Manual?

Logan

Lakkidi

Who was the first native historian who grasped the importance of the social aspects of
Kerala history?

Author of Raghuvamsa

Kalidasa

An anthology of 100 poems divided into 10 equal sections

each of which was composed by
a particular poet in a praise of a
Chera King

Pattitupattu

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Who wrote Silappadikaram?

Ilango Adikal

Who was the founder of the Second Chera Empire?

Kulasekhera Alwar

The book which throws light on

the early history of the
Perumpadappu Swarupam and
its relations with the kingdom
of Odanad

Unniachicharitam

Who wrote Kuchelavritham

Vanchippattu?

Ramapurath Warrier

Who wrote the Periplus of the

Erythraean Sea?

Padmanabha
temple at
Trivandrum

Who describes Quilon as one

of the finest cities in Malabar
with magnificent markets and
wealthy merchants?

Ibn Batuta

1900

The place where the Syrian

Catholic Churchs historic
Synod of Diamper (1599) was
held?

Udayamperur

Where is the Padmanabhapuram palace situated?

Portuguese

Where is the Cheraman

Parambu situated?

Cranganore

The book written by Naryana in

praise of Kesava Rama Varma

Rajaratnavaliyam

Which copper plate testifies to

the enlightened policy of religious toleration followed by the
rulers of ancient Kerala?

Terisapalli Copper plate

The book written by Dharma

Raja which gives a beautiful
description of Trivandrum

Balaramabharata

PRE - HISTORY

At which places burial jars is

supposed to be the largest so far
discovered in Kerala?

Trichur

The pre-historic people of

Kerala belonged to the

Proto-Australoids

and
Negrito race
At which taluk is Kallarpattom
colony situated?

Udumbanchola

The book which throws light on

the achievements of the Venad
rulers

Unnuneelisandesam

The poem composed by

Sadasiva Dikshitar in praise of
Dharma Raja

Ramavarmayasobhushana

Bhaskara Ravi Varman Is capital is at

Mahodayapuram

Who built the Dutch Palace at

Mattancherri?

Who built the fort St. Angelo in

Cannanore?

Which inscription throws light

on the earliest reference to the
Devadasis in Kerala?

Chokkur inscription

The patron of Cherusseri, the

author
of
the
famous
Krishnagatha was

Udaya Varman Kolathiri

April 1950

Haider Ali

At which year, the Travancore

coin ceased to be a legal tender?

Italy

The Palakkad fort was built during the reign of

Rasi

When did the British Indian

coins had been issued as the sole
currency at Cochin?

Portuguese

Which gold coin is said to be the

oldest indigenous coin current
in Kerala?

Nicolo Conti belongs to which

country

Kanyakumari district

About 1200 AD the Cholas issued a gold coin known as

Anaiachu

Pliny

Which temple in
Kerala is a major
specimen of the
Dravidian style and
also indigenous
style?

At which place is menhir locally

known as Patakallu or
Pulachikallu?

Anappara

Who propounded the theory

that the megalithic builders
were a people of Mediterranean stock who came to the
West Coast by sea?
Christoph Von Furer
Haimendorf

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Famous Rock -cut

caves
in
the
Ambukuthi hills in
the Wayanad district is known as

Coffee

Edakkal Caves

Writings in the Edakkal caves

belonged to the

Kudakalluparambu
Kodanad from where some relics of megalithic culture were
discovered is in which Taluk

Kunnathunad Taluk

EARLY FOREIGN
CONTACTS

Name some tribes in Kerala that

belong to Negrito race ?

Kadar, the Kanikkar, the

Malapandarams, the Mutuvans, the Ullatans, the
Uralis the Paniyas etc.

Which place in ancient period

was the leading emporium of
trade in oriental spices?

Alexandria

The place conquered by

Rajendra Chola and named it
Rajendrachola Pattanam?

Vizhinjam

The Arabian traveller who visited Kerala in 851 AD

Sulaiman

Which traveller of the 13th century gives an interesting account of the pepper ships trading with China?

Marcopolo

The Chinese traveller who visited Kerala in 1409

Ma Huan

During 9th century AD which

place was an important centre
of Chinese trade?

Quilon

palans, Mala Arayans, Mala

Vetans etc.

The megalithic site of

Cheramanangad consisting of
several
Topikallus
and
Kudakallu is locally known as

Name some tribes in Kerala that

belong to proto Australoids ?

Irulans, Kurichiyas, Karim-

Dravida Brahmi Script

When did Constantinople became the capital of the Roman

Empire?

330 AD

Which spices was not mentioned by Dioscorides, the

Greek Physician in Kerala?

The Greek Ambassador who

visited Kerala during the 4th
Century BC

Megasthenese

Which traveller mention Quilon

as the chief port of the Chinese
in the 14th century?

Ibn Batuta

When did Vaso da Gama

landed in Kerala?

1498

Which place has been identified with

modern Cranganore?

Muziris

Which place is known as the gate of

ancient India?

Athansius Nikitin

Muziris

The most important port of ancient India?

The Jewish traveller who came

from Spain to Kerala during
12th Century

Rabi Benjamin

Which is the foremost port of foreign

trade in Kerala coast?

The trade organisations that

enegaged themselves in foreign
trade from the 9th to the 13th
Centuries

Muziris

Anchuvannam and

Muziris

The Russian traveller who visited Kerala between 1468 and

1474

Manigramam

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The principal centre of trade

situated to the South of Muziris

Barace (present Purakkad of

Allappuzha district)

Which area was known as the

land of lakes?

Kuttanad

Under whose period, the kingdom of Ezhimala reached the

zenith of its glory and power?
Who was the court poet of
Nannan?

Paranar

Who assumed the title as Perumchettutiyan Cheralathan?

Utiyan Cheralathan

Which Chera ruler was known

as Vanavaramban or the Beloved of the Gods?
Which Chera ruler was often described as the Chera ruler of the
Big Feed?

The Sangam flourished in

Narmudi Cheral
Which Chera ruler assumed the
title Kadalpira Kottiya ?

How many Sangams are there?

Vel Kelu Kuttuvan

Tolkapiyum is a work on

Tunangaikuthu and Amala

Vanchimuttur

THE CONFLUENCE
OF RELIGIONS

Kottavai
The first Chera ruler of the
Sangam age was

Utiyan cheralathan

Jainism & Buddhism came to

Kerala in the

The famous socio- political institution of the Sangham Kerala

3rd century BC

Manram

Which ruler was also called

Imayavaramban
and
Kudakko?

The systems that did not exist

in Kerala during the Sangam period?

Which was the common pastime of the people in the

Sangam age?

Dancing

Who wrote Ashtangahridaya?

Vagbhata

Which was the staple food in the

Sangam age?

Rice

Which book speaks about the

tenets of Buddhism?

Manimekhalai

Child marriage

Who wrote Silappadikaram?

Ilango Adikal

Who wrote Tirukkural?

Thiruvalluvar

Which Mauryan ruler abdicated

his throne and accepted Jainism
at Sravanabelagola in Mysore?

Chandragupta Maurya

Nedum Cheralathan

The Chief occupation of the

people of Sangam Age

Agriculture

The war goddess of the Cheras

The war dancer of Cheras

Kuruvaikuthu,

Grammer

The capital of the Cheras

The Chera ruler who came to be

known as the Chera with the
Kalangay festoon and the fibre
crown

The Pandya Kingdom

Three

The dynasty which existed in

the Ezhimala

Mushaka Vamsa

Societies of learned men

Utiyan Cheralathan

The Royal symbol of Cheras

Tiger

The Sangams were

Utiyan Cheralathan

Goddess Kottavai

Post-Sangam period

Nannan

Which period is known as the

Dark period in the history of
Kerala?

KERALA IN THE
SANGAM AGE

Who was the most favourite

deity in the Sangam age?

The most famous poetess

of the Sangham period

Avvayar

In which language Buddhist

preached their messages?

Pali

Who wrote Amarakosa?

Amarasimha

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Who wrote Mathavilasaprahasana?

Mahendravarman I

68 AD

Karumadikuttan near Ambalapuzha is

Sri Mulavasam was at one time
the most famous centre of

Buddhist Pilgrimage

St. Thomas Christians were

called

Syrian Christians

Early capital of Ays

Mountain

The military centres of the Ay

kings

Who wrote Mampalli plate

Sri Vallabhan Kotha of

Venadu

In South Kerala Kollam Era

commences on

Chingam I

In North Kerala Kollam Era

commences on

Kanni I

The premier Salais of the Ay

kingdom

Who wrote Paliyam Copper

Plates (925 AD)?

Varman

Kulasekhara

The educational institutions of

Ays were called

Salai
and
P a r th iv a se k h a ra p u ra m
Salai

Kollam Era was started by

Rajashekhara

The tutelary diety of Ays

Kandalur

Capital of Ays during the later

period

Salai

THE KOLLAM ERA

or

When did the Kollam era

began?

825 A.D.

Which is the earliest available

epigraphical record in the
Kollam era ?

Mampalli Plate

Vikramaditya Varaguna

Who wrote Sankaranarayaniyam ?

Who is also called Lord of the

Sankaranarayana

Jews came to Kerala in

AD 688 at Kodungallur

Karunandadakkan

Vizhinjam and Kandalur

Maliankara, Palayur, Kottakkavu, Kokkamangalam,

Quilon, Niranam and
Nilakkal

Yadava

Sri Padmanabha

Apostle St. Thomas visited

Kerala in
The seven churches founded by
St. Thomas in Kerala

The construction of the Hindu

temple of Parthivasekharapuram was the work of

Vizhinjam

52 AD

Kandalur Salai

Ayakkudi

The Nalanda of the south

Ay dynasty belonged to which

race

Potiyil

Sulaiman

Buddhist image

Jainism

I know not that there is anyone of either nation (Chinese or

Indian) that has embraced Muhammadanism or speaks Arabic. Who said these words?
The earliest of the Aryan religions to reach Kerala was

Antiran

THE AY KINGDOM

Who wrote Avantisundara

Kathasara?

Dandin

Malik Ibn Dinar

Which year the Jews came to

Cranganore?

Podiyil (Malaya) mountain?

Islam was introduced into

Kerala by

The white jews Synagogue at

Mattancherri was buit in

With which festival is the origin

of the Kollam era
associated?

Onam

1567

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KULASEKHARAS OF
MAHODAYAPURAM

Which was the capital of the

Kulasekharas (800 to 1102 AD)?

Shaik Zainuddin

Mahodayapuram

Who was the founder of the Second Chera

Empire
or
Kulasekhara Empire

Kulasekhara Varman

Whose court was adorned by

the Yamaka poet Vasudeva
Bhattatiri ?
Who wrote
Vijaya?

Yudhishtira

Which war is referred as the

Hundred Year War in early
Kerala history?

Chera - Chola war

The Arab merchant Sulaiman

visited Kerala during the reign
of

Kuthu and Kudiyattam originated during the period of

The Chola - Chera war on the

Hundred Year War began during th reign of
Sankaracharya belonged to the
age of the

Who was the last King of the

Kulasekharas
of
Mahodayapuram?

Venad rose to political prominence in the

Who wrote the Perumal
Tirumozhi in Tamil and the
Mukundamala in Sanskrit?
Who was the first Venad ruler?

Which place was called Ten

Vanchi (Vanchi of the South)?

jam and Cranganore

The most important merchant

guilds of the Kulasekharas

Manigramam, Anchuvannam, Nanadesikal and Valanjar

Periyapuranam was written by

Sekkilar

The author of Natyasastra

Bharatha

Tolan was a great poet during

the age of

Kulasekharas

Which was the capital of the

Venad kingdom?

Quilon

Udayavarma

The Venad ruler who conquered

Kottar and the neighbouring
portion of Nanjanad from the
Pandyas and incorporated into
Venad
Venad attained a high degree of
economic prosperity and social

Kramadipika is the work of

Tolan
Sanakaranarayaniyam is a work
on

Astronomy

Sankaranarayana adorned the

court of

Sthanu Ravi Varman

The sanskrit drama Pradyumnabhyudayam was written by

Ravivarma kulasekhara

Kotha Varma

The most important ports of

Kulasekharas

Kandalur, Quilon, Vizhin-

Who wrote Pradyumnabhyudayam?

Who describes him as the Master of 64 arts and the Bhoja of
the South?

The kingdom of Cochin was

known as

Perumpadappu Swarupum

Who built the temple of Sri

Padmanabha at Trivandrum?

Who wrote
Charita?

In the 14th Century the old

Mushaka country had come to
be known as

Kolathunad

Ravi Varman

Rama Varma Kulasekhara

Quilon

Ravi Varma

dayapuram

Which was the southernmost

province of the Kulasekhara
empire?

Ravi Varma Kulasekhara

Kulasekharas of Maho

Srikanta, the Mushaka king

Kotha Kerala Varma

Bhaskara Ravi Varman I

9th and 10th centuries

Ayyan Atikal Tiruvatikal

Kulasekharas

Atula,
the
author
of
Mushakavarmsa was the court
poet of

Kulasekhara Alwar

Sthanu Ravi Varman

Which period is known as the

Golden Age in Kerala history?

Venad

Vasudeva Bhattatiri

Ravi Varma Kulasekhara

12th Century AD

Rama Varma

progress during the reign of

Who was the author of the

Tuhafat-ul-Mujahidin?

Leelathilakam is a work on

Grammar

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CALICUT UNDER THE

EARLY ZAMORINS

Vasco-da Gamas second visit to

India was in

1502

Accountants of the Zamorins

were known as

The agricultural products introduced in India by the Portuguese

Menokkis

Cashewnuts,

Sarvadhikaryatar

Tobacco,
Custardappie,
Guava,
Pineaple and Pappaya
The Oath of the Coonan Cross
against the appointment of
Latin Bishop was in

The Chief Ministers of Zamorins

were called

The Senior most of the Chief

Ministers of Zamorins was

1653

Mangat Achan

The seven day literary assembly

held every year under the
Zamorins patronage in the Tali
Temple of Calicut

The traditional naval

commanders of the
zamorins were

Which kingdom came to be

known as Nediyiriuppu
Swarupam?

Calicut

During the period of the

Zamorins of Calicut disputes
regarding property were settled
by adhoc committees called?

Panchayats

Who wrote the Sanskrit works

Kokilasandesa and Mallikamaruta?

Uddanda Sastrikal

Who describes Calicut as one

of the great ports of the districts
of Malabar where Merchants
from all parts of the globe are
found?

Ibn Batuta

Who annexed Elayadathu

Swarupam to Travancore in
1742?

Zamorin of Calicut
When did Francisco d Albuquerque arrive at Cochin?

September 1503
By which vessel did the Portuguese naval squadron Francisco
d Albuquerque arrive at
Cochin?

Marthanda Varma

Which was the original seat of

the Venad rulers?

Duarte Pachecco

Quilon

THE PORTUGUESE
PERIOD

Manavikrama

Abdur Razzak visited the kingdom of Zamorin of Calicut in

1443

Who was the most celebrated

king of the early Zamorins of
Calicut?
Whose court adorned by 18 celebrated royal poets called
Patinettarakavikal?

Albuquerque
Who gave the Portuguese the
right to erect a factory at
Calicut?

Manavikrama

Fort Manual at Cochin by

Kunjali Marakkar

Revati Pattathanam

First European fort built in

India

The first European navigator

who reached India by sea route

Vasco Da Gama

Vasco da Gama was sent to India by Portuguese king

Dom Manuel

Vasco-da Gama reached Kerala

in a ship called

St. Gabriel

Who received Vasco Da Gama

when he arrived at Calicut in
May 1498?

Zamorin of Calicut

The second expeditions of

the Portuguese to Kerala
was led by

Pedro Alvarez Cabral

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clusive monopoly of pepper

trade to the Dutch?

Who was the first viceroy of the

Portuguese possessions in the
East?

Treaty of Travancore

Francisco d Almeida

Which fort was named Fort

Angelo?

The Dutch forces sieged the

Mattanchery Palace under the
leadership of

Cannanore

Van Goens

When did Francisco d Almeida

leave India?

1605

1509

Who can be regarded as the

greatest of the Portuguese
statesman who came to the
East?

Alfonso d Albuquerque

Who attacked Pantalayani

Kollam in 1525?

Which fort was called like a

pistol held at the Zamorins
throat?

Chaliyam fort

Who built a fortress (Marakkar

Kotta) at Kottakkal (Putupattanam)?
Who assumed the titles King
of the Moors and Lord of the
Indian Seas?
Which was the Christian counterpart of the Hindu Kathakali?

June 1599

Who presided over the Synod of

Diamper (1599)?

Alexis De Menezes (Archbishop of Goa)

Whose place in Malayalam literature is comparable to that of

Surdas in Hindi?

Who took Chinsura from the

Dutch in 1759?

When did the Dutch East India

Company formed?

Where did the Dutch open a

hospital for leprosy patients?

Hortus Malabaricus was an

ancient plant encyclopedia written by

the Dutch

The first Dutch Admiral to reach

Kerala

Admiral Steven Van Der

Hagen

1592

The Dutch captured the Portuguese fortress of Quilon on

In 1650 the Dutch Government

build a warehouse in

December 29, 1658 (2nd time

Kayamkulam

Marthanda

Pallipuram

Jayadeva

Who trained
Varmas army?

Admiral D Lannoy

Who wrote Gita Govinda?

THE RISE AND FALL

OF THE DUTCH

Under whose personal supervision was Hortus Malabaricus

compiled?

Van Rheede

Vasco Da Gama died at fort

Cochin in?

December 24, 1524

Which year the diocese of

Cochin was founded ?
Which year the Synod of
Diamper (Udayamperur) convened ?

Who wrote the famous Narayaniyam?

Puntanam

1557

Which treaty marked the complete humiliation of the Dutch

and their eclipse as a political
power in Kerala?

Treaty of Mavelikara

Melpattur

Chavittunatakam

Robert Clive

Kunjali IV

Who wrote Adhyatma

Ramayanam?

Who defeated the Dutch in the

famous battle of Colachel?

Marthanda Varma

Ezhuthachan

Kunjali III

Who assumed the title as

the Father of Malayalam
Language?

Tunchat Ezhuthachan

Kutti Ali

When did the Dutch establish a

factory at Masulipatanam?

The treaty which granted the ex-

- 1661)

The Dutch captured Cochin in

1663

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MARTHANDA VARMA
AND DHARMA RAJA

Valia Diwanji

Early names of Travancore

Trippapur Swaroopam or
Thrivitamcode

The policy followed

Marthanda Varma

by

The Chief Minister

Travancore was known as

of

Dalawa

Who was the Diwan

Marthanda Varma

Marthanda Varma ascended the

throne in

He had a heart to resolve, a

head to contrive and a hand to
execute. These words were
about
The battle of Kulachel was between

The Dutch and Marthanda

Varma

The battle of Kulachal was in the

year

10th August 1741

Tripatidanam is

state of Travancore to Sri

Padmanabha

Tripatidanam took place on

Who developed Varkala as the

nucleus of flourishing town

Successor of Marthanda Varma

Governor General Lord

Who were the Chief Minsters of

Dharmaraja ?

Ayyappan Marthanda Pillai

and Rajakesava Das

Mornington

Alleppey was developed into a

town and port by

Which revolt was the first

organised revolt against British
authority in Kerala?

Anjengo revolt

British merchants exported pepper to England for the first time

from Cochin in

1636

First English factory in Kerala

was setup at

Vizhinjam

Original name of Raja Kesava

Das

Kesava Pillai

Which year the Attingal revolt

broke out?

1721

Raja Kesava Das

Who assumed the title as the

Pioneer Englishman?

Ralph Fitch

Dharma raja

The first Chief Minister of

Travancore who assumed the
title Diwan

Who was the first Englishman

who came to Kerala?

Ralph Fitch

January 3, 1750

Varma also known as

Dharmaraja

Travancore came to be known

as Dharmarajyam during the
reign of

The name Raja Kesava Das

was given to him by

Karthika Tirunal Rama

THE ENGLISH

Ayyappan Marthanda Pillai

dedicating the expanded

The Bhadradeepam
and Murajapam in the
Pa dm an abh as wa mi
Temple was started by

Dharma Raja was respectfully

called

Kizhavan Raja

Marthanda Varma

Ramayyan Dalawa

The framing of annual

budget called Pativukanakku was introduced by

Marthanda Varma

1729

Who shifted the capital of Tranvancore from Padmanabhapuram to Trivandrum

Dharma Raja

Maker of modern Kerala

Marthanda Varma

of

Ramayyan Dalawa

The modern Chalai bazaar of

Trivandrum city was constructed by

Raja Kesava Das

blood and Iron

Raja Kesava Das was respectfully referred to as

The first British Resident of

Travancore

Col Macaulay

Whose period is known as the

Golden Era of Travancore?

Swathi Tirunal

Raja Kesava Das

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English education started in

Travancore at the time of ?

Swathi Thirunal

Kurichya Revolt

Who was the chieftain of the

erstwhile Malabar who fought
against the British?

Administration in
Travancore

Pazhassi Raja

Pazhassi Raja organised the

guerilla warfare from the
Wynadu hills with the help of

Pazhassi was killed on the bank

of

The only Muslim kingdom in

Kerala was

The word Yavana Priya relates

to

Tipu Sultan

Velu Thampi

Col. Munro

Malabar district became a province of Madras Presidency in

Who abolished slave trade in

Travancore in 1812?
Herman Gundert belongs to
which country?
In 1817 who made primary education
compulsory
in
Travancore?
Under whose leadership was
the Palghat fort captured by the
British?

Col. Stuart

The famous Kundara proclamation was issued in

January 1809

Velu Thampi committed

suicide at

Where did the English establish

their first trading centre?

1812

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja belonged to which royal family ?

1817

The Seringapatam treaty was

signed in

Who assumed the title as

Kerala Simham (Lion of
Kerala)?

1792

Pazhassi Raja

Swathi Tirunal was known as

Garbha Sriman

Kottayam

Primary education was made

compulsory in Travancore by

Rani Gauri Parvathi Bai in

Where is the St. George fort situated?

Chennai

The direct management of

Devaswoms by Government
was introduced by

Col. Munro

Surat

Slavery was abolished in

Travancore by

Rani Gouri Lakshmi Bai in

Mannadi

Rani Gouri Bai

Col. Munro

Who built Farooz town?

Germany

The Secretariat System was introduced in Travancore by

The designation of the Karyakar
was changed to Tahsildar as in
British India by

Rani Lakshmibai

Hussar Kachery at Kollam

was organised by

1812

The first English Diwan of

Travancore

Resident Col. Munro

Who introduced travelling

courts in Travancore

Velu Thampi

Pepper

Where was Velu Thampi

born?

Talakkulam

Arakkal kingdom

The weavers township of

Balaramapuram was created by

Ummini Thampi

Mavilathode

The new Dalwa after Velu

Thampi

Ummini Thampi

Kurichyar and Kurumbas

The last of the early revolts that

broke out in Malabar against the
British supremacy was

Sucheendram Kaimukku was

abolished by

Swathi Tirunal

English Education in Trivandrum was introdued by

Swathi Tirunal

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Swathi Tirunal shifted the

Hussur Kachery from Quilon to

Trivandrum

C. Sankaran Nair

The first charity hospital at

Trivandrum was introduced by

Swathi Tirunal

Tirunal Marthanda Varma

The first modern factory for the

manufacture of coir was opened
at

The first Raja of Travancore to

receive the title Maharaja from
the British crown

Thiruvananthapuram General
Hospital was started in

Balarama Varma

Ayilyam Thirunal
The Sirkar Anchal (Postal Service) was thrown open to the
public in

1861 (during the reign of

AyilyamTirunal)

A full fledged Arts College was

established at Trivandrum in

1866

The first systematic census of

Travancore was taken on

May 18, 1875 by Ayilyam

Tirunal

The Pandarapattam proclamation was made in

1865

Ayurveda College was started

during the period of
Sri Mulam Tirunal (18851924)
The Sri Mulam Popular Assembly (Praja Sabha) was formed in
1904 by Sri Mulam Tirunal
The last Diwan of Travancore
Sir C.P. Ramaswami Ayyar
The functions of the Police and
the Magistracy were separated
during the reign of
Visakham Tirunal
Setu Lakshmi Bai acted as Regent from

1924 to 1931

The Janmi- Kudiyan proclamation was made in

The English East India Company established a Spice plantation in

1867

1797

Keralas first Railway line was

built between?

Beypore-Tirur

SOCIO-POLITICAL
& RELIGIOUS
MOVEMENTS

Chithira Thirunal

1864 during the reign of

The Temple Entry Proclamation was made in

Who issued the famous
Temple Entry Proclamation?

Rahiman
The Government passed the
Malabar Tenancy Act in

1930

1936

Ayilyam Tirunal (1860-80)

The last ruling Raja of

Travancore

Sri Chitra Tirunal

Balarama Varma

Alleppey in 1859

Who was the editor of the publication Al Amin?

Muhammad Abdur

The first Post - office in

Travancore was opened in

1857 at Alleppey by Utram

Who started Mathrubhumi in

1923?

K.P. Kesava Menon

The first census of the state was

conducted in

1836 by Swathi Tirunal

Who was the first Malayalee

President of the Indian National
Congress?

Which social reformer is known

as Pulayaraja?

Ayyankali

The birth place of Shankaracharya was at

Kalady

When did Vaikam Satyagraha

broke out?

1924

Who assumed the title as the

father of political movement in
Modern Travancore?

G. Parameswaran Pillai

Malayali Memorial was submitted on

January 1, 1891

The Malayali Memorial was

signed by

10,028 person

The brain behind the Malayali

Memorial was

Barister G.P. Pillai

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The Ezhava Memorial was submitted on

September 3, 1896

The Editor of the Swadesabhimani

Pattom A. Thanu Pillai

K. Ramakrishna Pillai

The owner of the Swadeshabhimani

Vakkam Abdul Khadir

Maulavi
Who was the first to write the
biography of Karl Marx in
Malayalam ?
Swadeshabhimani K.
Ramakrishna Pillai
Rama Krishna Pillai died in
political exile at
Who was the leader of the
Ezhava Memorial?

Which movement started as a

protest against the Constitutional reforms of 1932?

Nivarthana movement

The Travancore State Congress

was formed in

1938

Who was the first President of

the Travancore State Congress?

Pattom A. Thanu Pillai

Cochin State Praja Mandal was

formed in

1941

NSS
leader
Mannath Padmanabhan

July 1, 1949

The first popular ministry in

Travancore - Cochin was
headed by

Menon

Kulachal Battle ........................... 1741

Malayali Memorial .................... 1891

The
Punnapra
Vayalar
upheaval was against the

Ezhava Memorial ...................... 1896

proposal for an irremovable

Wagon Tragedy ................... 1921

executive on the American

Model.
Who proposed the American
Model ?

Vaikkom Satyagraha ................ 1924

Civil disobedience

The first general election to the

Kerala State Legislature were
held in

1957 (February and March)

The agitation known as

Vimochana Samaram or Liberation Struggle began on

June 12, 1959

Movement .......................... 1930

Guruvayoor Satyagraha ........... 1931

Chattampi Swamikal was born

at

Kannanmoola in

Nivarthana Agitation ............... 1932

Temple Entry Proclamation .... 1936

The state of Kerala came into

existence on

November 1, 1956

Channar Lahala .......................... 1859

Mapla Rebllion,

The last Chief Minister of

Travancore Cochin State

Panampalli Govinda

IMPORTANT YEARS

Kundara Proclamation ............. 1809

The Nair Service Society

(NSS) was founded on

October 31, 1914

T.K. Narayana Pillai

Attingal Rebellion ..................... 1721

Who was the leader of the

Vimochana Samaram

the

The integration of Travancore

and Cochin took place on

1946

March 24, 1948

E Ikkanda Warrier

Who founded the NSS

Mannath Padmanabhan

Abstention Movement
The first Chief Minister of
Cochin

Kurichyar Rebllion .................... 1812

The first popular ministry of

Travancore was installed in office on

Nivarthana Movement is otherwise known as

Punnapra-Vayalar upheaval
broke out in

Sir C.P. Ramaswami Ayyar

Electricity Agitation broke out in

1936

Dr. Palpu

The agitation organised against

the privatisation of electric supply in Cochin town

Electricity Agitation

Cannanore in April 1916

First popular ministry of

Tranvancore was headed by

Trivandrum

State Congress Movement ....... 1938

At which place Chattampi

Swamikal attained Samadhi?

Kayyur Rebellion ....................... 1941

Panmana

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First Women Magistrate
First Air Service
First Electrified Town
The First women who got National
Award for best Actress
The First Person who got
Vayalar Award
The First European navigator
who reached in Kerala
The First Kerala cricket player who
played in Indian cricket team
The First private T.V channel
First Cinema Studio
First Teak plantation
First Ltd Company
First Actor in a leading role
First Women Governor
First women high court judje
First Mosque

- Omanakkunjamma
- ThiruvanathapuramMumbai
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Saradha

- Lalithambika Antharjanam

- Vasco-da-Gama

- Tinu Yohannan
- Asianet
- Udhaya Studio
(Allapuzha)
- Nilambur
- Punalur Paper Mill
- K.K. Aroor (Cinima-Balan)
- Jyothi Venkitachellam
- jestice anna chandy
- Cheraman Juma Masjid,
Kodugalloor
- Technopark (Trivandrum)
- Kozikode(1837)

First Electronic Park

First Jail
First Malayalam filim got
Presidents goldmedal First person who got
Saraswathy Samman First Political Drama
First malayalee chief justice of
Supreame Court
-

Chemmeen

Balamaniyamma
Pattabhakki

Justice K.G.Balakrishnan

Whose famous saying is One

Caste, one Religion, one God for
man?
Sree Narayana Guru
Sree Narayana Guru attained
Samadhi at
Varkala in 1928
Who was the founder of the
Sidhasramam at Alathur?
Brahmananda Sivayogi
Who was the founder of the
organisation called Samatva
Samajam?
Vaikunta Swami
When did S.N.D.P. Yogam
come in to existence?
May 15, 1903

The first annual session of

SNDP Yogam was held in

1904 at Aruvipuram

Who started the newspaper

called Sujananandini?

Kesavan Asan

Kerala Kaumudi was started by

C.V. Kunhiraman from

Mayyanad in 1911

Real name of Chattampi

Swamikal

Kunjan Pillai

Founder of the Vidhya Poshini

Sabha

Sahodaran Ayyappan

Pattini Jatha was led by

AK Gopalan in July 1936
from Kannur to Chennai
Yachana Yathra was led by
VT Bhattathrippadu in 1931
from Trichur to Chandragiri
The Kayyur Riot against caste
system and imperialism was on
28 March 1941 in Kasargode
Vaikkam Sathyagraha lasted for
20 months
Gandhiji called Ayyankali
Pulaya Raja
Chattampi Swami Memorial is
situated at
Panmana
Gandhiji visited Sree Narayana
Guru in
1925 at Sivagiri
The organisation formed by the
Namboothiris for social reform
Yogakshema Movement
Yogakshema Movement was
started in
1908
Guruvayur Satyagraha was
started on
November 1, 1931
Who formed the Sahodara
Sangham?
K. Ayyappan
Who was the leader of the
Guruvayur Satyagraha?
K. Kelappan
Who founded the Sadhu Jana
Paripalana Yogam?
Ayyankali
Who popularised ArabicMalayalam by publishing an
Arabic- Malayalam monthly
called Al-Islam?
Vakkam Abdul Khadir
Maulavi
When was the Nanjanad Vellala
Act passed ?
1926
Which was hailed as the Magna
Carta of the Travancore ryots?

Pandara Pattom Proclamation

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FIRST IN KERALA
First Governer
First King of Travancore
First English school
First Collage

First Printing Press

First Bank
First Malayalam Movie
First sound movie
First News Paper
First Church of Jews
First Printed Malayalam Book
First Novel in Malayalam
First Chief Minister
First Women Minister
First Medical College
First Post Office
First Bird Sanctuary
First Olympian
First Booker winner from Kerala
First Jnapith winner from Kerala
First Wild life Sactuary
First Malayalee who got Bharat Award
First Radio Station
First Library
First Malayalee Indian President
First National Park
First Women IPS Officer
First Hydroelectric Project
First Speaker

First Kerala Chief Justice

First Malayalee Women who got
Arjuna Award
First Malayalee Governor
First Malayalee Member of UPSC
First Malayalee who got
Dhronacharya Award
First Women Vice Chancellor
First President of Indian
National Congress
First President of Kerala
Sahitya Academy
First Women IAS officer
First Women MP

B.Ramakrishna Rao
Marthanda Varma
Mattencherry
C.M.S. College Kottayam
(1816)
C.M.S.Press Kottayam
Nedungadi Bank
Vigathakumaran
Balan
Rajya Samacharam
Mattancherry
Samkshepa Vedartham
Kundalatha
E.M.S. Nampoothiripadu
K.R. Gauriyamma
Thiruvanathapuram
Alappuzha
Thattekkad
Suresh Babu
Arundhathi Roy
G. Sankarakurup
Periyar
P.J. Antony
Thiruvanathapuram
Thiruvanathapuram
K.R. Narayanan
Eravikulam
Sreelekha
Pallivasal
R. Sankara Narayanan
Thampi
K.T.Koshi

- K.C. Elamma
- V.P. Menon
- Dr. K.G. Adiyodi
- O.M. Nambiar
- Jancy James
- C. Sankaran Nair
- Sardar K.M. Panicker
- Anna Malhotra
- Annie Mascrine

ADMINISTRATION OF KERALA

The Chief Minister who became

the Chief Minister for the maximum number of times
K. Karunakaran (4 times)
The Chief Minister who ruled
for the longest term
E.K. Nayanar
The first Chief Minister who
completed the term of five years
C. Achuthamenon
The oldest person to become the
Chief Minister
V.S. Achuthanandan
First Chief Minister of Kerala
who lost power through article 356
EMS Namboothiripad
Only person to head the
Ministeries of Travancore,
Thiru-Kochi and Kerala
Pattam A. Thanu Pillai
First to become Chief Minister
after holding the post of
Speaker
C. H. Muhammed Koya
First Raja Sabha Member to become Kerala Chief Minister
C. Achuthamenon
First Central Cabinet Minister
from Kerala
Dr. John Mathai (1947 -50)
First woman Central Minister
from Kerala
Lakshmi N. Menon
Present Kerala Secretariat building was built in
1869
Who is popularly known as the
Jhansi of Travancore
Accama Cherian
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee was formed in
1925 with K. Madhavan as
its Secretary
The first trade union in Kerala
The Travancore Labour
Association (1922)
Kerala History Museum is located at
Edappalli, Ernakulam

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