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@around kerala
KerAlA - tHe PrIDe OF InDIA
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AROUND kERALA
• Kerala is one among the States formed on 1 st
Novermber, 1956 according to the report of the
State Reformation Committee (Fazal Ali Committee),
having Malayalam as native language
• ‘Malayalam’ is the 5 th Classical Language among 6
Classical Languages in India
Land area
Q& A Classic
• Malayalam attained classical status on
May 23, 2013
• Classical Language Day
november 1
Area Rank Among
Indian States
Highest Elevation in
Kerala
Lowest Elevation
Population
38,863 km 2 or 15,005 sq.
mile
22 nd
2,695 m (8842 feet)
Anamudi, Idukki
-2.2 m (-7.2 ft)
Kuttanad, Alappuzha
33,387,677 (As per 2011
Census)
Rank among Indian
based on population 13
Status
th
Density of
860/km
Population
2 or 2,200/sq mile
Between 8 0 17’ 30’’ - 12 0 47’
40’’ North Latitude
State Location
and 74 0 27’ 347’’ - 77 0 37’
12’’ East Longitude
• State having the highest literacy rate in India
(93.91%)
• Earliest Sanskrit Text that mentions about
Kerala
‘Aitareya Aranyaka’ of the rigveda
Facts and Achievements
• First State attained 100% Primary Education in
India officially announced on 13 January, 2016 by
Hameed Ansari; former Vice President of India
• The State in India which has the most number of
job appointments done by a State Public Service
Commission
• First Indian State which hosted for a ‘Biennale’
• Only State in India which got a ‘Super Brand Status’
• First State in India which gave 50% reservation for
women in “Local Self Government Institutions”
• State attained first place in the export of ‘Prawns in
the India’
• First Indian State to establish a ‘Dam Security
Authority’
• First Indian State to organise ‘Speed Post facility’
in all villages
• First Indian State to accept ‘Tourism; as an Industry’
(1986)
• Indian State which came first in ‘Child Right Index’
• Indian State which has the highest ‘Human
Development Index’
• State where first ‘DNA Barcoding Centre’ in India
was established
• State which is known as ‘Political Laboratory’ in
India
• First Indian State to start ‘Air Ambulance Service’
• First Indian State to connect all villages by road
• First Indian State to establish a ‘Gender Park’
(Kozhikode)
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Q&AUbdn current affairs & gk
February 2018