Kozhikode Disrict - GK Study Materials

• Malabar district  was divided into the districts of Kozhikode, Kannur, and Palakkad on 1 January 1957
• Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama landed in Kappad in 1498.
• Kadathanadu is a historic place known for Kalarippayattu.
• Vadakara is known as the birthplace of Unniyarcha, Aromal Chekavar, Thacholi Othenan.
• Lokanarkavu temple, near Vadakara in Kozhikode.
• Zamorin kings of Kozhikode were also called Nediyiruppu Swaroopam.

• Kozhikode is called 'City of Spices'.
• Indian Institute of Spices Research is in Kozhikode.

• S.M. Street or Sweetmeat Street(മിഠായി തെരുവ്) is a street located in Kozhikode.
• Canoly canal was constructed in the year 1848 under the orders of then collector of Malabar, H.V. Conolly.

• The Kuttiyadi Hydro Electric Power Project in Kuttiyadi River is the first hydroelectric project in Malabar region.
• Kuttiyadi river is known as Yellow river of Kerala.

• Chaliyar is the fourth longest river in Kerala with 169 km in length. Also known as Chulika River or Beypore River.
• Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, named Beypore as "Sultan Pattanam".
• Beypore port is the second biggest port in Kerala after Cochin.
• Beypore Sultan - Basheer

• Thusharigiri Falls and Aripara Falls are located in Kozhikode district.
• Kakkayam Dam and Peruvannamuzhi Dam located in Kozhikode district.
• There is a crocodile farm and a bird sanctuary at Peruvannamuzhi.
• Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary at Kozhikode.
• Dolphin Point at Kozhikode.
• Kozhikode district leads in coconut production in Kerala
• The first coconut Industrial Park in Kerala -Kuttiyadi

• Operation Sulaimani : Programme in Kozhikode district that provides food for those who cannot afford a meal, through contributions from the public.
• Vasco-da-Gama memorial at Kappad beach.
• Kunjali Marakkar Memorial erected by the Indian navy at Kottakkal, Vadakara
• Pazhassi museum in Kozhikode.

• Thali temple famous for Revathi pattathanam in olden days is in Kozhikode.
• Mahatma Gandhi made his first speech in Kerala at Calcut during his visit in 1920 to get support for Khilafat movement.
• S. K. Pottekkatt beautifully depicts Mukkam of Kozhikode in his 1941 novel Naadan Premam.
• S. K. Pottekkatt's novel Oru Theruvinte Katha is based on Mittayi theruvu.

• KIRTADS(Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Tribes) was established in Kozhikode in 1972.
• NIRDESH-National Institute for Research and Development in Defence Shipbuilding is India's first centre for research and development in defence shipbuilding is at Chaliyam in Kozhikode.
• Gwalior Rayons at Mavoor in Kozhikode.
• Nallalam Diesel Power Plant is the second largest diesel power plant in Asia.

• Payyoli Express - PT Usha
• Usha School of Athletics at Koyilandy 
• Kadalundi train disaster in the year- 2001
• First community reserve in Kerala- Kadalundi
• Kallayi in Kozhikode is famous for timber trading.
• Feroke is known as the cradle of the tile industry in Kerala

• First Women Police Station in Asia was started in Kozhikode in 1973
• First cola free district in Kerala -Kozhikode
• First museum of Indian business history at Kozhikode
• First complete organ donating village - Cherukulathur
• First ISO certified police station in Kerala-Kozhikode town police station.

• First 3G phone service city in Kerala-Kozhikode
• First Sports Medicine Institute in Kerala - Kozhikode
• Kozhikode is first e-literate city in Kerala
• Kerala's first Handicrafts Village located at Iringal 
• Calicut University is first university to have WiFi campus in Kerala
• Mananchira Square is a popular place in Kozhikode.

• Student Police Cadet (SPC) first introduced in Kozhikode.
• India's first ever Gender Park at Vellimadu kunnu in Kozhikode.
• Kozhikode is the first plastic waste free district in India.
• First Khadi Village in Kerala - Balussery
• First gramapanchayat in Kerala to issue water card- Kunnamangalam
• Malabar's first IT park - UL CyberPark, Kozhikode
• First tobacco-free village in India - Koolimadu,Kozhikode
• India's first first automated driving test centre - Chevayur, Kozhikode
• India's first IT co-operative , UL Cyber Park is in Kozhikode

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