14 Facts About Malappuram

Malappuram is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 58.

The first municipality in the district formed in 1970, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarters of Malappuram district.

Malappuram is the first Indian municipal body to achieve the International Organization for Standardization certificate.

Malappuram was a military and administrative headquarters from ancient times, though several of the ancient history of the city is hardly seen recorded.

Archaeological relics found in Malappuram include the remnants of palaces of the eastern branch of the Zamorin reign.

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Malappuram was the military headquarters of the Zamorin in the Eranad region.

Details of the rulers of erstwhile Malappuram, who were the ancestors of later Zamorins, figure in the Jewish copper plates of Bhaskara Ravi Varman and in the Kottayam copper plates of Veera Raghava Chakravarthy .

Malappuram was the headquarters of one of the five revenue divisions of erstwhile Malabar district, the others being at Thalassery, Kozhikode, Palakkad and Fort Cochin.

Malappuram is one of the few municipalities in the state with a tremendous track record of keeping the city clean.

Unlike other district headquarters, Malappuram holds a significant position in west–east transit along with north–south.

Malappuram is the only city in Kerala with a million-plus urban agglomeration that is yet to be upgraded to a Municipal Corporation.

Government College, Malappuram, which is the oldest college in the district started in 1972, College of Applied Science Malappuram started in 1987 and Govt.

College for Women, Malappuram started in the year 2015 along with many other private colleges serves the higher educational purpose.

INKEL Greens at Malappuram provides an educational zone with the industrial zone.