Anjarakkandy
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Anjarakandy is the name of a village Gram panchayath and a census town
in Kannur
taluk. Anjrakandy river is flowing through Anjarakandy Kannur
taluk in Kannur District
, Kerala
state South India
.
in 1767 . The estate, reputed to be Asia's largest, and associated processing plant are still operational and visitors can view the process of preparing cinnamon spice and extraction of oil. The local king, Pazhassi Raja and the British Army waged war for control of the estate.
Lord Brown of east India Company Started a system of keeping a record of Land transactions done by him to open Anjarakandy Cinnamon estate triggered opening up of a new Department of Land Registration in British Government in Asia region, This Land Registrar's office is located at Anjarakandy in a 242 year old building built in 1767 [3][4] Onakkan Menon was born in Ancharakandy,in a famous thiyya tharavad, 'Kalathil Uppot' in the year ME- 1071. He studied kathakali from Manakkadan Kunhambu Gurikkal's kathakaliyogam at Eranholi,Thalassery. The name of his teacher was Manakkadan Kunhambu Gurikkal. Onakkan Menon practiced kathakali several years in Eranholi and began to teach kathakali. Then he conducted hisown kathakali yogam in his homeplace Ancharakandy and tought kathakali for the students belong to thiyya community. Unfortunately this kathakali yogam existed for a short period only. The subcast 'menon' is considered as an upper class community name. Onakkan Menon was not belong to menon community. His family was engaged the job of 'Amsam Menon'. So the entire family was known as 'menon". Onakkan Menon died in the year ME- 1096
The Kannur medical college super specialty hospital, and one of the best High school in the state - Anjarakandy High school is also located at Anjarakandy.
Census town
In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...
in Kannur
Kannur
Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...
taluk. Anjrakandy river is flowing through Anjarakandy Kannur
Kannur
Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...
taluk in Kannur District
Kannur district
Kannur District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters, and gives the district its name. The old name Cannanore is the anglicised form of the Malayalam name Kannur. Kannur District is bounded by Kasaragod District to the north and...
, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
state South India
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
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History
The village includes Anjarakandy Cinnamon Estate, established by the East India CompanyEast India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
in 1767 . The estate, reputed to be Asia's largest, and associated processing plant are still operational and visitors can view the process of preparing cinnamon spice and extraction of oil. The local king, Pazhassi Raja and the British Army waged war for control of the estate.
Lord Brown of east India Company Started a system of keeping a record of Land transactions done by him to open Anjarakandy Cinnamon estate triggered opening up of a new Department of Land Registration in British Government in Asia region, This Land Registrar's office is located at Anjarakandy in a 242 year old building built in 1767 [3][4] Onakkan Menon was born in Ancharakandy,in a famous thiyya tharavad, 'Kalathil Uppot' in the year ME- 1071. He studied kathakali from Manakkadan Kunhambu Gurikkal's kathakaliyogam at Eranholi,Thalassery. The name of his teacher was Manakkadan Kunhambu Gurikkal. Onakkan Menon practiced kathakali several years in Eranholi and began to teach kathakali. Then he conducted hisown kathakali yogam in his homeplace Ancharakandy and tought kathakali for the students belong to thiyya community. Unfortunately this kathakali yogam existed for a short period only. The subcast 'menon' is considered as an upper class community name. Onakkan Menon was not belong to menon community. His family was engaged the job of 'Amsam Menon'. So the entire family was known as 'menon". Onakkan Menon died in the year ME- 1096
The Kannur medical college super specialty hospital, and one of the best High school in the state - Anjarakandy High school is also located at Anjarakandy.