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K . Kelappan ( 24 August 1889  7 October 1971 ) was a founding member and president ___MASK16___ the Nair Service Society , a reformer , an Indian freedom fighter , educationist and journalist . He is also known as " Kerala Gandhi ". Post independence he held various seats in Gandhian organizations . ___MASK46___ ( or Quilandy / Quilandi ) is a taluk and a Municipality town in the ___MASK84___ in the North Malabar region , state of Kerala . This town is between Kozhikode and Vatakara and is on NH 66 ( previously NH 17 ). It is sometimes identified with Tyndis in Periplus of the Erythraean Sea . The freedom fighter K . Kelappan was born in a nearby village , Muchukunnu . ___MASK4___ , historically known as Keralam , is an Indian state in ___MASK42___ on the Malabar coast . It was formed on 1 November 1956 following the States Reorganisation Act by combining Malayalam - speaking regions . Spread over , it is bordered by ___MASK82___ to the north and northeast , Tamil Nadu to the east and south , and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west . With 33 , 387 , 677 inhabitants as per the 2011 Census , ___MASK4___ is the thirteenth - largest state by population and is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram . Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language ___MASK16___ the state . Vattoli Bazaar is a small town situated 2 km ___MASK88___ ___MASK16___ Balusseri in the Koyilandy - Thamarassery state highway . Vattoli Bazaar is a junction and is the starting point ___MASK16___ the roads to Nanminda and Kinalur Estate . Kinalur Estate also previously known as Cochin Malabar Estates is a proposed Special Economic Zone ( CEZ ) ___MASK16___ Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation . Usha School ___MASK16___ Athletics , the sports academy ___MASK16___ the former Indian Indian sprinter functions here . ( 4 km from Vattoli bazaar junction ) . A Service co - operative bank functions here for the financial needs ___MASK16___ the villagers . ___MASK6___ , also known as Calicut , is a city in the state ___MASK16___ Kerala in southern India on the Malabar Coast . ___MASK6___ is the largest urban area in the state and 195th largest urban area in the world . The city lies about 275 km west ___MASK16___ Bangalore . The greater Calicut urban area in the Malabar coast is the part ___MASK16___ the ninth biggest urban area in the world and the second biggest in India after the greater Kolkatta urban area , which constitute ___MASK16___ the ___MASK83___ Kerala region or the Malabar coast . City ___MASK16___ spices . During classical antiquity and the Middle Ages , ___MASK6___ was dubbed the " City ___MASK16___ Spices " for its role as the major trading point ___MASK16___ eastern spices . It was the capital ___MASK16___ an independent kingdom ruled by the Samoothiris ( Zamorins ) in the Middle Ages and later ___MASK16___ the erstwhile Malabar District under British rule . Arab merchants traded with the region as early as 7th century , and Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed at ___MASK6___ on 20 May 1498 , thus opening a trade route between Europe and Malabar . A Portuguese factory and fort was intact in ___MASK6___ for short period ( 1511  1525 , until the Fall ___MASK16___ Calicut ), the English landed in 1615 ( constructing a trading post in 1665 ), followed by the French ( 1698 ) and the Dutch ( 1752 ). In 1765 , Mysore captured ___MASK6___ as part ___MASK16___ its occupation ___MASK16___ the Malabar Coast . ___MASK6___ , once a famous cotton - weaving centre , gave its name to the Calico cloth . Tipu Sultan ( Kannada :              ; 20 November 1750  4 May 1799 ), ( Sayyid walShareef Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Sahab Tipu ) also known as the Tiger ___MASK16___ Mysore , and Tipu Sahib , was a ruler ___MASK16___ the Kingdom ___MASK16___ Mysore . He was the eldest son ___MASK16___ Sultan Hyder Ali ___MASK16___ Mysore . Tipu introduced a number ___MASK16___ administrative innovations during his rule , including his coinage , a new Mauludi lunisolar calendar , and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth ___MASK16___ Mysore silk industry . Tipu expanded the iron - cased Mysorean rockets and commissioned the military manual Fathul Mujahidin . He is considered a pioneer in the use ___MASK16___ rocket artillery . Tipu Sultan deployed the rockets against advances ___MASK16___ British forces and their allies in their 1792 and 1799 Siege ___MASK16___ Srirangapatna . Vatakara ( also spelled Badagara or Vadakara ) is a coastal taluk and municipality town in the ___MASK84___ , state of Kerala , India ; spread over an area of 21 . 32 km . It is the headquarters of Vatakara taluk . This place is erstwhile Kadathanadu and was part of North Malabar province of Malabar District , state of Madras during British Raj . Vatakar ) is the second biggest town in the Kozhikode . The Lokanaarkav temple is situated in vatakara Muchukunnu is a small village five kilometers away from ___MASK46___ on the Malabar Coast ___MASK16___ south - western India . The Periplus ___MASK16___ the Erythraean Sea or Periplus ___MASK16___ the Red Sea is a Greco - Roman periplus , written in Greek , describing navigation and trading opportunities from Roman Egyptian ports like Berenice along the coast ___MASK16___ the Red Sea , and others along Northeast Africa and the Sindh and South western India . The text has been ascribed to different dates between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE , but a mid - 1st century date is now the most commonly accepted . While the author is unknown , it is clearly a firsthand description by someone familiar with the area and is nearly unique in providing accurate insights into what the ancient European world knew about the lands around the Indian Ocean . ___MASK84___ is a district of Kerala state , on the southwest coast of India . The city of Kozhikode , formerly known as " Calicut ", is the district headquarters . The district is 38 . 25 % urbanised . ___MASK67___ , officially the Republic ___MASK16___ ___MASK67___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay ___MASK16___ Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK26___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK67___ is in the vicinity ___MASK16___ Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK67___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . ___MASK53___ , officially renamed as Mysuru , is the second most populous and also the second largest city in the state ___MASK16___ Karnataka , India . Located at the base ___MASK16___ the Chamundi Hills about southwest ___MASK16___ the state capital Bengaluru , it is spread across an area ___MASK16___ . According to the provisional results ___MASK16___ the 2011 national census ___MASK16___ India , the population is 887 , 446 . ___MASK53___ City Corporation is responsible for the civic administration ___MASK16___ the city , which is also the headquarters ___MASK16___ the ___MASK53___ district and the ___MASK53___ division . ___MASK68___ is a major town and a taluk in ___MASK84___ of Kerala , India , 30 km east of Kozhikode ( Calicut ) City . It lies on the Calicut - Wayanad - Mysore route ( National Highway 212 ). History . ___MASK68___ once belonged to the Kottayam kings during the pre - independent era . ___MASK68___ , formerly known as Thazhmalachery , is an historically important land that saw the fleeing of British , the great march of Tipu Sultan and a mass migration to the area in the past . Kottayam Kings who were martyred when raising fights against British were attributed the possesses of the lion part of the land of ___MASK68___ in the days before freedom . A tomb of Payampally Chandu , who was a warrior under the Kottayam Raja is located at ___MASK68___ Kotayil Sree Bhagavathi Temple . ___MASK44___ Malabar refers to the historic and geographic area ___MASK16___ southwest India covering the state ___MASK16___ Kerala ' s present day Kasaragod and Kannur Districts , the Mananthavady taluk ___MASK16___ Wayanad District , the taluks ___MASK16___ Koyilandy and Vatakara in the ___MASK84___ ___MASK16___ Kerala and the entire Mahé Sub - Division ___MASK16___ the Union Territory ___MASK16___ Puducherry .