Ottapalam
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Ottapalam (also spelled Ottappalam) is a town, taluk and municipality in the
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
The area was formerly known as Ayirur Thekkummuri Desam. The present-day Ottapalam,
Around 1487 AD, the region was annexed to the kingdom of the
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
Ottapalam is located at 10°46′N 76°23′E / 10.77°N 76.38°E.[12] It has an average elevation of 54 m (177 ft).
Climate
Climate data for Ottapalam, Kerala | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.8 (91.0) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.8 (96.4) |
35.1 (95.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.9 (89.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.7 (74.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2 (0.1) |
12 (0.5) |
27 (1.1) |
103 (4.1) |
211 (8.3) |
566 (22.3) |
687 (27.0) |
349 (13.7) |
203 (8.0) |
264 (10.4) |
136 (5.4) |
23 (0.9) |
2,583 (101.8) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[13] |
Administration
Ottapalam is sub district of the
The Ottapalam assembly constituency is part of
Ottapalam Taluk
Ottapalam is one of the six Taluks of Palakkad district.
Transport
Road
The Palakkad-Shoranur (
Rail
The town is served by the
Notable people
The following people were either born in and/or are residents of Ottapalam:
- Ottapalam Pappan, Malayalam Drama and Film Actor
- Tamil Filmdirector
- 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
- British Indiaadministration
- M. K. Narayanan, the former chief of the Intelligence Bureau and former National Security Adviser
- High Commissioner of Indiato 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
- Ottapalam railway station
- NSS College, Ottapalam
- Ottapalam Assembly constituency
- Ottapalam Lok Sabha constituency(old)
References
- ^ "Kerala (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ "Ottapalam".
- ^ "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.
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(help) - ^ S. Rajendu (2016). 250 years of Mysore conquest. Sukapuram: Vallathol Vidyapeedam.
- ^ Logan (1887). Malabar (2 vols). Madras.
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(help) - ^ "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. 20 January 2011. Archived from 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.