Socio-cultural Processes and Livelihood Patterns at Tirurangadi - CDS

shown in a house to a small crowd. The influence of ‘modernity’ has been to adopt a
policy of hypocritical politeness to the other groups. More importantly, there was also a
vicious campaign in the whole region that the secular forces were making use of the
situation in Marad to make political capital, which means that if the situation had been
left to the communal antagonists themselves, they would have solved the problem. This
has been the voice of communalism masquerading as ‘fragmented modernity’.
Political Changes
The features outlined above give us an insight into the socio-political changes taking
place in the region since the formation of Kerala State. After the formation of the state,
the region was part of Kozhikode District. It became part of the Malappuram district,
after the District came into being in June 16, 1969. From the beginning, the entire region,
with the exception of Nannambra formed part of the Tirurangadi Assembly constituency,
and Nannambra formed part of Tanur. During the first election in independent India,
when elections in Malabar District were held for Madras legislative Assembly, Muslim
League candidates surprised Congress candidates and won both Tirurangadi and Tanur
constituencies. After that the region has been returning only Muslim League candidates
to the Kerala assembly, with one exception, when Sri. A.K.Antony, who was nominated
Chief Minister in the place of Sri.K.Karunakaran, contested from Tirurangadi with the
support of Muslim League and won the elections in 1994. Since 1956, the amsamas and
villages under the British rule were reconstituted into Panchayats. Thus Vallikkunnu,
Ariyallur and Kodakkad became the Panchayat of Vallikkunnu. Velimukku and
Munniyur became Munniyur, Thenhippalam, Koyappa, Peruvallur, Keranallur, Olakara
and Enavur became Thenhippalam, Trikkulam and Tirurangadi became Tirurangadi,
Neduva and Parappanangadi became Parappanangadi, and Kodinji, Thirutti, Kaduvallur,
Kundoor, Cherumukku and Nannambra became Nannambra. Since then, Thenhippalam