Kerala Piravi 2022: Today is the 66th birthday of united Kerala. Today Kerala is sharing the memory of the past years full of achievements, forts, and more challenges. Kerala was formed on November 1, 1956.
Malabar, Kochi, and Travancore regions are joined together to form our little Kerala as the state of the Malayalees. Today is the birth anniversary of upliftment and hope for Keralites who have fought and succeeded in various crisis situations. Kerala Piravi is the birthday celebration of Kerala.
Despite the formation of the Indian Union after gaining independence from the British, the Malayalis remained divided with Malabar, Tirukochi, and Travancore. Aikya Kerala was born in 1947 when the idea of forming a linguistic state was strong. Thus, the state of Kerala was formed on November 1, 1956. The confluence of Travancore, Cochin, and Malabar lands. The land, which is as old as the avatara legend, was unified in the name of the Malayalam language.
That is, according to the decision of the Government of India to reorganize the states on the basis of language, the states of Travancore and Kochi, the Malabar regions of the Madras Presidency, and all the regions where Malayalam is the main language were added to form the state of Kerala on November 1, 1956.
Our Kerala became God's own land when the balanced climate combined with the diverse topography of the hills, the coast, and the inland. One thing that Malayalis can always claim is that Kerala is one step ahead ecologically and socially. Kerala is full of natural beauty and is rich with forests, rivers, and streams. And our little Kerala has a suitable climate for human habitation.
Rich in diverse landscapes, it has been included in National Geographic Traveler magazine's list of fifty places to visit in the world. There were struggles in different states of India for language states. The success of all of them was the formation of states on the basis of language. In September 1955, the Commission submitted its report to the Central Government.
It also recommended the formation of Kerala state. Thirteen months after the publication of the State Reorganization Report, the political map of India was prepared. Towala, Agasthiswaram, Kalkulam, Palavankode taluks of Travancore and a part of Chenkotta taluk were separated and added to Madras State. Malabar District and Kasargod Taluk of South Canara District were added to the remaining Tirukochi State.
As a result, the Kanyakumari district was lost to Kerala and the Malabar region except Goodalur was annexed to Kerala. In the first form of Kerala state, there was a total of five districts. On November 1, the old Travancore king Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma retired from the Tirukochi Rajapramukha position, and b. The state reorganization took place during President's Rule in Tiru Kochi with Ramakrishna Rao as the Governor.
The first general election in the state of Kerala was held on February 28, 1957. Through that election, the Kerala government with EMS as Chief Minister came to power. With this, the rule of the Thiru Kochi and Travancore dynasties came to an end. The first election also made Kerala different in front of the world. In other words, the government led by EMS got the record of being the second communist cabinet to be elected through a ballot.
Later, Kerala went through an eventful half-century of political history. At the birth of the state, more than half of the people were farmers. But today only a handful of people are cultivating it. Despite the policies of successive governments, the struggle of the forest dwellers for the right to land continues. It is another truth that the Malayalees are still competing to lead the country forward and set an example in the field of culture and education and health.
Kerala, which was very backward in the 1950s, has witnessed huge changes in half a century. This is due to the influence of education and modernity. Kerala's achievements in the areas of literacy, health, and family planning are comparable to those of developed countries. Many international social scientists have made the social development of Kerala a subject of study under the name Kerala Model.
Another specialty of Kerala is literacy. Kerala is leading the country through complete literacy. Literacy is 91%. This is the highest literacy rate in India. The state of Kerala, which was formed as only five districts, today consists of 14 districts, 20 Lok Sabha constituencies, and 140 assembly constituencies. Meanwhile, there are different legends and opinions about the origin of Kerala.
A famous legend is that Keralakara is the area where Parashurama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, after his Kshatriya Nigraha, threw his weapon, the axe, and retrieved it from the ocean to donate to the Brahmins. Rich in different cultures and styles, this state has various legends behind the name 'Kerala'.
It is generally said that Kerala got its name because it is a place full of Kera trees. But there is another argument that 'Kerala' is derived from the word 'Cheralam'. Thus many opinions have been established behind the name Kerala.
Kerala is celebrating 'Kerala Piravi' after a few years of rains, floods, and the subsequent corona epidemic.