Pookkottur
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Pookkottur is a village in Eranad taluk
, near Malappuram
town, Kerala
, India
. It is close to Nilambur
. It is on National Highway 213
, and there is a state road from the town to Manjeri
.
It was the centre of the Malabar Rebellion
of 1921 that shook the British administration
in the erstwhile Malabar district
of Madras Province.
Eranad taluk
Eranad Taluk is a Taluk in Malapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. The headquarters of the taluk is Manjeri.It comprises 33 villages:*Vazhayur*Cherukavu*Pulikkal*Kondotty*Nediyiruppu*Manjeri*Narukara*Payyanad*Pandikkad...
, near Malappuram
Malappuram
Malappuram is a municipality in the South Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 33.61 km2. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Malappuram district. As per the 2011 census Malappuram urban agglomeration is the fourth largest UA in kerala with a total population of...
town, 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....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is close to Nilambur
Nilambur
Nilambur is a municipality and a taluk in the Malappuram district of Kerala, South India. It is famous for its forests, especially its wildlife habitats, rivers, waterfalls and teak plantations. It is situated close to the Nilgiris range of the Western Ghats on the banks of the Chaliyar River...
. It is on National Highway 213
National Highway 213 (India)
National Highway 213 connects Palakkad, Malappuram and Calicut district head quarters in Kerala. It covers a distance of 125 km. At Ramanattukara, near Calicut, it joins NH 17. NH 47 also passes through Palakkad...
, and there is a state road from the town to Manjeri
Manjeri
Manjeri is a town and municipality in Malappuram District in the state of Kerala, India. It is the commercial capital of Malappuram District and is 28 km from an international airport and 50 km from Kozhikode railway station....
.
It was the centre of the Malabar Rebellion
Malabar Rebellion
The Malabar Rebellion was an armed uprising in 1921 against British authority in the Malabar region of Southern India by Mappila Muslims and the culmination of a series of Mappila revolts that recurred throughout the 19th century and early 20th century...
of 1921 that shook the British administration
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
in the erstwhile Malabar district
Malabar District
Malabar District was an administrative district of Madras Presidency in British India and independent India's Madras State. The British district included the present-day districts of Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Malappuram, Palakkad , and Chavakad Taluk of Thrissur District in the northern part of...
of Madras Province.