Facts About Kerala Part- 14

• Name the first Kerala governor who died in office?

Ans: Sikander Bakht

• Who was the captain of the Kerala team which for the first time won the Santhosh Trophy in 1973?

Ans: T.K.S. Mani

• Which was the first newspaper that was banned in Kerala?

Ans: Sandishtavadi

• Who is the author of the drama Ascharya Choodamani?

Ans: Sakthibhadran

• During whose regime the Devadasi system started at Kerala temples?

Ans: Kulasekharas

• Athulan who wrote the Sanskrit epic 'Mooshaka Vamsam' was the courtier of which Mooshaka king?

Ans: Sreekandan

•  Young princes of which principality were known as 'Eraalppadu'

Ans: Kozhikode

• Name the first Indian woman who won the Man Booker Prize?

Ans: Arunthathy Roy

• When Marthanda Varma Maha Raja offered Thruppadidaanam?

Ans: 3 January 1750

• When Travancore Diwan C. P. Ramaswamy Ayyer stepped down who took over?

Ans: P. G. N. Unnithan

• Under which basis Kerala state was formed?

Ans: Language

• K. Ramakrishna Pillai who had been deported from Travancore, died at which place in1916?

Ans: Kannur

• In what name the land, controlled by Naduvaazhikal during the medieval period, was known?

Ans: Cherikkal

• Kappad, where Vasco da Gama landed in 1498, belongs to which panchayat?

Ans: Chemmancheri (Kozhikode)

• Where is the birthplace of Veluthampi Dalawa?

Ans: Thalakkulam

• In which name the oil brass lamp used for Kathakali is known?

Ans: Aattvilakku

•  Which is the first musical drama in Malayalam?

Ans: Sangita Naishadham (T. C. Achyuta Menon, 1892)

• Who was the first president of Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Akademi?

Ans: Manku Thampuran

• Which hill witnessed the Pazhassi revolt?

Ans: Puralimala

• Which attakatha was written by Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon?

Ans: Oushadhaaharanam

• Where is the headquarters of the Malabar Devaswom Board?

Ans: Kozhikode

• Whose work is Saundarya lahari?

Ans: Sankaracharyar

• Who founded Kalyanadayini Sabha?

Ans: Pandit K.P. Karuppan

• Name the only leader who became the governor after serving as the chief minister?

Ans: Pattom A. Thanu Pillai

• Name the tribal woman leader who became famous with the Coca Cola stir at Plachimada?

Ans: Mayilamma

• During the medieval period among Brahmins, who was empowered to mete out punishment?

Ans: Azhvanchery Thamprakkal

• In which name Travancore king Karthikathirunal Ramavarma became famous?

Ans: Dharmaraja

• Under which treaty the British got the Malabar region from Tippu Sultan of Mysore?

Ans: Sreerangapattana Treaty (1792)

• Who was the first Portuguese viceroy in India?

Ans: De Almeda

• In which year Hermann Gundert launched Malayalam's first newspaper 'Rajyasamacharam'?

Ans: 1847

• Where is the Museum of Kerala History located?

Ans: Edapally

• Who moved the anti-untouchability resolution at the Kakinada Congress session?

Ans: T. K. Madhavan

• From which place A.K. Gopalan started his poverty march to Madras?

Ans: Kannur

• In which year Italian traveller Marcopolo visited Kerala?

Ans: 1292

• Who was known as Vivekananda of Kerala?

Ans: Agamananda

• Whose biography is 'Agnipareekshakal' G. Madhavan Nair ?

 Ans: G. Madhavan Nair

• Who compiled the Puranic Encyclopedia?

Ans: Vettom Mani

• Who received the titles 'Musleengalude Rajavu' and 'Indian Samudrangalude Adhipan'?

Ans: Kunjali Naalaman

• Which flower known as 'Queen of Western Ghats'?

Ans: Neelakurinji

• Which Malayali launched Children's Book Trust in New Delhi in1957?

Ans: Cartoonist Shankar

•  In which name the tax charged for wearing ornaments during the Kulasekhara regime?

Ans: Menipponnu

• In which name the Thiruppathy-Kanyakumari region was known in ancient time?

Ans: Thamizhakam

• To which race the pre-historic people of Kerala belonged?

Ans: Negrito race

•  Name the place which was captured by King Rajendra Chola and its name was later changed to Rajendrachola Pattanom?

Ans: Vizhinjam

•  What was the name of the Kulasekhara king who was contemporary of Aditya Chola?

Ans: Sthanuravivarma

• In which year Arabian trader Sulaiman visited Kerala?

Ans: AD 851

• During the period of which Kulasekhara king the Chera-Chola war known as Century war (Noottandu Yudham) started?

Ans: Bhaskararavi Varma First

• Which place was mentioned as Martha and Karnappoli in European records?

Ans: Karunagapally

• Who gave the name Liberation Struggle to the agitation launched against the first Kerala ministry?

Ans: Panampilly Govinda Menon

• Name the first Malayali who became the first deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

Ans: M.M. Jacob

• Who is the author of the text 'Adwaitha Chinta Padhati'?

Ans: Chattampi Swamikal

• Who led the Suchindram Satyagraha in 1926?

Ans: Dr. M.E. Naidu

• Which fort that was ruined by Tippu Sultan prior to his attack on Travancore in 1790?

Ans: Nedumkotta

• Which Union Territory that shares the border with Kerala?

Ans: Puduchery

• Which was the native place of Kurumban Daivathan?

Ans: Idayaranmula

• What is the full name of Makti Thangal?

Ans: Sayyid Sanaulla Maki Thangal

• Who started Sadhujana Doothan monthly?

Ans: Pampady John Joseph

• Who described Karl Marx as the 'Bhagavan Karl Max'?

Ans: C. Kesavan

• Which place is known as 'Goa of Kerala'?

Ans: Varkala

• Who founded Rural Institute at Thavanoor?

Ans: K. Kelappan

• Who was the Sanskrit teacher of Sri Chithira Thirunal Maharaja?

Ans: Attoor Krishna Pisharady

• Which reform leader's childhood name was Sankaran?

Ans: K.P. Karuppan

• Who described Ayyankali as the 'Great Son of India'?

Ans: Indira Gandhi

• B. Kallyanikutty Amma who wrote the book 'Vyazhavatta Smaranakal' is whose wife?

Ans: K. Ramakrishna Pillai

• Name the Dutch commander who was held prisoner by Marthanda Varma in Kulachal war in 1741?

Ans: Delanoy

• Name the only queen who became the ruler of Kochi?

Ans: Rani Gangadhara Lakshmi

• Which Diwan introduced the coin 'Puthen’ in Kochi?

Ans: Nanchappayya

• Who is known as the Veeraputharan of Kerala?

Ans: Muhammad Abdul Rahman

• Name the organization formed in Kochi to win responsible government?

Ans: Kochi Rajya Prajamandalam

• Which Travancore King founded observatory in Thiruvananthapuram in 1836?

Ans: Swathithirunal

• Who is the author of the book 'Navabharatasilppikal'?

Ans: K.P. Kesava Menon

• Who wrote the lines 'Kaakke Kaakke Koodevide, Koottinakathoru Kunjundo'?

Ans: Ulloor S. Parameswara Ayyer