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The Malappuram Padappattu (1883), also known as the Madhinidhi Mala describes the undercurrents of peasant life and struggles in Malappuram in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1763, a local landlord named Para Nambi had a dispute with one of his officers named Ali Marakkar.
Typical among these are the Kotturpalli Mala, [17] Moyinkutty Vaidyar's Malappuram Padappattu(1883) etc. [4] and the Cherur Padappattu. [18] The first depicts the heroism of Veliyankode Kunhi Marakkar, a warrior who saves a 17-year-old Mappila girl from the hands of Portuguese kidnappers but is martyred at the end of the battle.
Moyinkutty Vaidyar was born to Unni Mammad and Kunjamina in year 1852 at Ottupara, Malappuram district, Kerala. His father was famous practitioner of Ayurveda branch of medicines and poet of the times, he completed the work of his son based on Hijra from the 27th Ishal onwards.
Malappuram was the military headquarters of the Zamorin in the Eranad region. The Zamorins held sway over Malappuram and their chieftain Para Nambi, ruled the area in the early days with headquarters at Downhill (Kottappadi), Malappuram. [20] Zamorin earned a greater part of his revenue by taxing the spice trade through his ports.
His war song (padappattu) titled "The Brave Children of Eranad" got widespread appreciation during and after the Indian independence struggle. [5] [6] "Way back in [19]21 in this land of Malayalam. United we fought the forces of the white with the sons of Eranad who shed blood facing battle tanks with bare chests Kunhahammadhaji of Variankunnath
Malappuram (also Malapuram) (Malayalam: [mɐlɐpːurɐm] ⓘ) [8] is a town in Kerala and the headquarters of the Malappuram district in Kerala, India.It is the 4th largest urban agglomeration in Kerala and the 20th largest in India, spread over an area of 158.20 km 2 (61.08 sq mi) including the surrounding suburban areas.
Malappuram was the first e-literate as well as the first cyber literate district of India. [7] [8] The district has four major rivers, namely Bharathappuzha, Chaliyar, Kadalundippuzha, and Tirur Puzha, out of which the first three are also among the five longest rivers in Kerala.
Malappuram fort was demolished and a gunnery training center was built there. In the 1800s, the anti-British rebellions in South Malabar, known as the Moplah Rebellions, led to the establishment of several military bases in and around Malappuram. A paramilitary unit called Malappuram Special Police was established in Malappuram in 1885.