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Ottapalam (also spelled Ottappalam ) is a town, taluk and municipality in the Palakkad District , Kerala, India .[2] [3] mi ) from district headquarters Palakkad . Ottapalam is located along the banks of Bharathapuzha , second longest river of the state.
It is one of the major commercial centres in the district. It is also one of the major filming locations in Kerala.[4] [5]
Etymology
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History
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The area was formerly known as Ayirur Thekkummuri Desam. The present-day Ottapalam, Pattambi and Cherpulassery areas were part of the medieval Nedunganad kingdom.[6] Nedunganathiripad (Nedungadi ) was the main ruler of Nedunganad . The headquarters was at Makovilakam near Kodikunnu, Chembulangad. Nedunaganad was ruled by the Nairs of Kavalappara ,[7] Thrikkadeeri , Kannambra , Vattakkavil Perumbada under the leadership of Nedunganathiripad . Ottappalam was the administrative area of Thrikkadeeri Nair. Its north side starts at Ayirur-Vadakkummuri near Mannarkkad and ends at Ayirur-Thekkummuri.[8]
Around 1487 AD, the region was annexed to the kingdom of the Zamorin of Calicut . The Zamorin appointed his chieftain at Kavalappara Kovilakam .[6] Zamorin of Calicut , it became a part of the Kingdom of Mysore around 1766.[9] East India Company with the Treaty of Seringapatam in 1792. The British formed the Malabar District and built their headquarters at Kozhikode .[10] North Malabar was at Thalassery and that of South Malabar was at Cherpulassery . The headquarters of South Malabar was later changed to Ottapalam.[11] Walluvanad Taluk of Malappuram Revenue Division in Malabar District with its Taluk headquarters at Perinthalmanna during British Raj . The railway was installed and the town was renamed as Ottappalam. The South Malabar Special Court started functioning at Ottappalam by 1880, and with that Ottappalam became the common name for the town. Gradually, the name Ayirur-Thekkummuri was confined to the land records.
Before Indian Independence, present-day Kerala state was scattered in South Canara and Malabar Districts of British India and two princely states namely Cochin and Travancore . The first All-Kerala conference of Indian National Congress was held in 1921 at Ottapalam, which was the then capital of South Malabar , on the bank of the river Bharathappuzha , which also later demanded a separate state for the Malayalam -speaking regions in future Independent India. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee was formed in that conference. Before that, Malabar District, Cochin, and Travancore had separate Congress committees.
Geography
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Ottapalam is located at 10°46′N 76°23′E / 10.77°N 76.38°E / 10.77; 76.38 [12] ft ).
Climate
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Climate data for Ottapalam, Kerala
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
32.8
34.5
35.8
35.1
33.2
29.5
28.6
29.1
30.2
30.8
31.6
32.0
31.9
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
22.3
23.2
24.8
25.7
25.2
23.6
22.9
23.5
23.5
23.7
23.4
22.4
23.7
Average precipitation mm (inches)
2 12 27 103
211
566
687
349
203
264
136
23 2,583
Source: Climate-Data.org[13]
Administration
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Ottapalam is sub district of the Palakkad District . Over the last 10 years, the population growth has been 9.2%. The town is listed in the top 18 most populous Urban Agglomeration in Kerala. The First Defence Park in India is established in Ottapalam KINFRA industrial park.[14]
Ottapalam town area Paddy fields, Ottapalam
The Ottapalam assembly constituency is part of Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency .[15]
Ottapalam Taluk
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Ottapalam is one of the six Taluks of Palakkad district .
Ottapalam
Mannarkkad
Palakkad
Alathur
Chittur
Transport
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Road
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The Palakkad-Shoranur (Kulappully ) State Highway passes through the town.[16] Palakkad ,Thrissur ,Mannarkkad ,Pattambi ,Guruvayoor ,Perinthalmanna ,Thiruvilwamala ,Chelakkara (through the Ottapalam-Mayanur Bridge, inaugurated on 22 January 2011.)[17]
Rail
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The town is served by the Ottapalam railway station , which lies between Palakkad and Shoranur Junction on the Jolarpettai–Shoranur line . Fifty Indian Railways trains stop at the station.[18]
Notable people
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The following people were either born in and/or are residents of Ottapalam:
Ottapalam Pappan , Malayalam Drama and Film Actor
Gautham Vasudev Menon , Tamil Film director
Stephen Devassy , pianist
Lal Jose , Malayalam film director
Anil Radhakrishnan Menon , Malayalam film director
Unni Mukundan , Malayalam film actor
Bhaskar Menon , first Indian to head a multinational corporation, chairman of Lever Brothers (now Unilever )
K. P. S. Menon , first Foreign Secretary of India. He also served pre-independence India as an Agent-General to China
M. G. K. Menon , former Union Minister and Scientific Adviser in the Rajiv Gandhi administration
KP Candeth , was a prominent Lieutenant General in the Indian army
Shivshankar Menon , 4th National Security Advisor and 26th foreign secretary
V. P. Menon , seniormost Indian officer in pre-independence British India administration
M. K. Narayanan , the former chief of the Intelligence Bureau and former National Security Adviser
K. Sankaran Nair , former director of Research and Analysis Wing and former High Commissioner of India to Singapore
C. Venkataraman Sundaram , former director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research and Padma Bhushan recipient[19]
Dhruvan , Malayalam Film Actor
Srinish Aravind , Television Actor
See also
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References
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^ "Taluks | Palakkad | India" . Retrieved 29 August 2022 .
^ "Life is the location" . Times of India . Retrieved 4 March 2024 .
^ SHAJI, K.A. "Ottappalam will soon have its film city" . The Hindu . Retrieved 4 March 2024 .
^ a b S. Rajendu (2012). The History of Nedunaganad . Perinthalmanna. {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )
^ O. P. Balakrishnan (2014). Kavalappara- History and Heredity .
^ Ottapalam (2014). "Ottapalam Vayanasala Suvaneer ".
^ S. Rajendu (2016). 250 years of Mysore conquest . Sukapuram: Vallathol Vidyapeedam.
^ Logan (1887). Malabar (2 vols) . Madras. {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )
^ Malabar District Gazatteer (1908). "C.A. Innes".
^ "Maps, Weather, Videos, and Airports for Ottappalam, India" . Fallingrain.com. Retrieved 5 March 2014 .
^
"CLIMATE: OTTAPPALAM",
Climate-Data.org. Web: [1 ] .
^ The Hindu. "Ottapalam To Have India's First Defence Park" . Retrieved 23 July 2016 .
^ "Assembly Constituencies – Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF) . Kerala . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008 .
^ "Kerala State Highways" . Kerala PWD Department. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2016 .
^ "Kerala News : Mayyannur bridge to be opened on Saturday" . The Hindu the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011 .
^ "Trains to OTP/Ottappalam Station - 50 Arrivals SR/Southern Zone - Railway Enquiry" . indiarailinfo.com . Retrieved 16 July 2023 .
^ "Biography" (PDF) . Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research . 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018 .
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