The district was created in 1949, with its headquarters in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, which is Kerala's administrative centre.
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The district was created in 1949, with its headquarters in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, which is Kerala's administrative centre.
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The present district was created in 1956 by separating the four southernmost Taluks of the erstwhile district to form Kanyakumari district.
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The city of Thiruvananthapuram district is known as the Information technology capital of the State, since it is home to the first and largest IT park in India, Technopark, established in 1990.
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The district is divided into six subdistricts: Thiruvananthapuram, Chirayinkeezhu, Neyyattinkara, Nedumangadu, Varkala, and Kattakada.
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At the southernmost extremity of the Thiruvananthapuram district, Kaliyikkavila is 54 kilometres from Kanyakumari, the southernmost point on the Indian peninsula.
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Present-day Thiruvananthapuram city, district, and Kanyakumari district, were ruled by the Ay dynasty during ancient and medieval ages, which was a Tamil kingdom based in the southernmost part of Indian Subcontinent.
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Thiruvananthapuram district was known as a great center of intellectual and artistic activity at this time.
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The Thiruvananthapuram district Municipality came into existence in 1920 as the first municipality in Travancore region.
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Consequent to the recommendations of the State Reorganization Commission, the Vilavancode subdistrict of Thiruvananthapuram was merged with Tamil Nadu, along with another three southern subdistricts, Thovala, Agastheewaram, and Kalkulam from Travancore which eventually formed Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district.
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Thiruvananthapuram district handed over his sword at the palace before going into his final battle against the British, and India's first President, Dr Rajendra Prasad received this sword from the palace and it was kept in the National Museum in Delhi.
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Thiruvananthapuram district has 2 central-sector, 14 state-sector, 1 co-operative-sector, 4 joint-sector, and 60 private-sector medium- and large-scale enterprises.
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Thiruvananthapuram district is assisted by five deputy collectors with responsibility for general matters, land acquisition, revenue recovery, land reforms, and elections.
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Thiruvananthapuram district is divided into 124 revenue villages for the ease and decentralisation of its revenue administration.
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Rail transport in the Thiruvananthapuram district is operated by Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways.
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Thiruvananthapuram district is connected to the rest of the country by broad gauge railway line.
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Thiruvananthapuram district currently has 20 stations, including Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station.
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The Thiruvananthapuram district has a population density of 1,509 inhabitants per square kilometre.
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Thiruvananthapuram district is regarded as the father of modern Malayalam prose.
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Now, more than 30 newspapers have been published from the Thiruvananthapuram district, including The Hindu, The New Indian Express, The Deccan Chronicle, The Times of India, Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhoomi, Kerala Kaumudi, Desabhimani, Deepika, Madhyamam, Chandrika, Thejas, Siraj, Janmabhoomi and Metro Vaartha.
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The main GSM networks operating in the Thiruvananthapuram district are BSNL CellOne, Airtel, Tata Docomo, Idea Cellular, Vodafone, Reliance, and Virgin Mobile.
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