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Kerala

State

Kerala, officially Keralam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of southern India, formed in 1956 when the country's Malayalam-speaking regions were unified under the States Reorganisation Act. A narrow strip of coastal plain wedged between the Western Ghats and the Laccadive Sea, it borders Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and had about 33 million residents at the 2011 census. Thiruvananthapuram is the capital, and Malayalam, alongside English, is the state's official language.

Facts
Population
36,111,000 1
Area (sq km)
38,863 1
Admission Year
1956 1
Connections

Associated With

India, Countries

Has Capital

Thiruvananthapuram, Cities
Source GeoNames: Thiruvananthapuram - GeoNames
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Origin Of

Raja Ravi Varma

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Kerala beef fry

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Source Kerala beef fry (source article)Origin [origin-region]
Quote, Origin [origin-region]
The dish's earliest reference can be traced back to the early first millennium Sangam Literature from Kerala and Tamil Nadu states of India.
Adi Shankara

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Source Adi Shankara (Wikipedia)Article bodytier 2
Quote, Article body
According to the oldest hagiographies, Shankara was born in the southern Indian state of Kerala, in a village named Kaladi sometimes spelled as Kalati or Karati.

Site Of

Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society

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Sources
1. Kerala (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    38863
  • Infobox: population_total
    36,111,000
  • Lead section
    It was formed on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, which unified the country's Malayalam-speaking regions into a single state.
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Wikidata: Kerala
Wikidata Q1186, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
GeoNames: Thiruvananthapuram - GeoNames
GeoNamesHas Capital: Thiruvananthapuram, cities500 record 1254163, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 13)
Quote, Has Capital: Thiruvananthapuram, cities500 record 1254163, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 13)
8.4855 76.94924 P PPLA IN 13 601 5691 788271 18 Asia/Kolkata
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