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According to traditional accounts, Thomas the Apostle sailed to the Malabar region in 52 AD and introduced Christianity to the area. [2] Although a minority, the Christian population of Kerala is proportionally much larger than that of India as a whole. A significant portion of the Indian Christian population resides in the state. [3] [4]
The Kerala Police [3] [4] is the law enforcement agency for the Indian state of Kerala. [5] Kerala Police has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital. The motto of the force is "Mridhu Bhave Dhrida Kruthye" which means "Soft in Temperament, Firm in Action" in Sanskrit. [6]
A 2016 study under the aegis of the Govt. of Kerala, based on the data from 2011 Census of India and Kerala Migration Surveys, counted 2,345,911 Syro-Malabar Catholics, 493,858 Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox, 482,762 Malankara Orthodox Syrians, 465,207 Syro-Malankara Catholics and 405,089 Mar Thoma Syrians out of 6.14 million Christians in ...
Islam is the second-largest practiced religion in Kerala (26.56%), only surpassed by Hinduism. [7] The calculated Muslim population (Indian Census, 2011) in Kerala state is 8,873,472. [8] [9] Most of the Muslims in Kerala follow the Shāfiʿī School (Sunni Islam), followed by Salafi movement. [10]
In the state of Kerala there are various establishments owned, managed and controlled by Government of India.These establishments in Kerala are largely government offices and departments, Public sector undertakings, jointly owned entities, entities in which Government of India has stakes or shareholding, defence and strategic establishments etc.
The Saint Thomas Syrian Christians form 12.5 percent of the total population of Kerala and 70.73 percent of the Christians in the state. [ citation needed ] K. C. Zachariah notes that the 20th century was period of significant transition for the Saint Thomas Christians in terms of its demographic and socioeconomic status .
Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council; Kerala Council of Churches; Kerala State Development Corporation for Christian Converts from Scheduled Castes and the Recommended Communities; Kollam Orthodox Diocese; Kunukku
[258] [259] In the annual human rights reports for 1999, the United States Department of State also criticized India for "increasing societal violence against Christians." [ 260 ] The report on anti-Christian violence listed over 90 incidents of anti-Christian violence, ranging from damage of religious property to violence against Christians ...