Present regions that constitute Thiruvananthapuram Kerala were ruled by the Ays who were feudatories of the Chera dynasty.
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42 Facts About Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
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Travancore became the most dominant state in Thiruvananthapuram Kerala by defeating the powerful Zamorin of Kozhikode in the battle of Purakkad in 1755.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is home to research centers such as the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Indian Space Research Organisation's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, National Centre for Earth Science Studies and a campus of the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is a major tourist centre, known for the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, the beaches of Kovalam and Varkala, the backwaters of Poovar and Anchuthengu and its Western Ghats tracts of Ponmudi and the Agastya Mala.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala was ranked the best Indian city for two consecutive years, 2015 and 2016, according to the Annual Survey of India's City-Systems conducted by the Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is known in literature, and popular reference as Ananthapuri, derived from the Sanskrit word Syanandurapuram, meaning "The City of Bliss" in Carnatic kirtanas composed by Swathi Thirunal, erstwhile Maharaja of Travancore.
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However the southern region of present-day Kerala state was under Ay dynasty, who was more related to the Pandya dynasty of Madurai.
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Present-day Thiruvananthapuram Kerala city, district, and Kanyakumari district, were parts of the Ay dynasty during ancient and medieval ages, which was a Tamil kingdom based in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent.
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The place names, the dialects of Malayalam spoken, and the customs that exist in the southern parts of Thiruvananthapuram Kerala still reveal a close relationship with Tamil heritage.
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In 1729, Marthanda Varma founded the princely state of Thiruvithamkoor and Thiruvananthapuram Kerala was made the capital in 1795 after shifting the capital from Padmanabhapuram in Kanyakumari district.
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Travancore became the most dominant state in Thiruvananthapuram Kerala by defeating the powerful Zamorin of Kozhikode in the battle of Purakkad in 1755.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Municipality came into existence in 1920 as the first municipality in the Travancore region.
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In 1949, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala became the capital of Thiru-Kochi, the state formed by the integration of Travancore with its northern neighbour, the Kochi.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is built on seven hills by the seashore and is at on the west coast, near the southern tip of mainland India.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is the headquarters of the Southern Air Command of the Indian Air Force.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala has witnessed massive immigration of workers from northern India, mainly Punjab, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh, and Eastern India, mainly West Bengal and Bihar, and from neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal and Bangladesh.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala has two parliamentary constituencies—Attingal and Thiruvananthapuram Kerala—and elects five Members of the Legislative Assembly to the state legislature.
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The Thiruvananthapuram city police is a division of the Kerala Police, and the administrative control lies with the Kerala Home Ministry.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala was listed as one of the top ten cities in India on Vibrancy and Consumption Index by a study conducted by global financial services firm Morgan Stanley.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is known as the "Evergreen City of India" because of its green landscapes and the presence of many public parks.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala has historically been a cultural hub in South India due to the development of arts, architecture and liberal customs by the rulers of erstwhile Thiruvananthapuram Kerala.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala has been a hub of classical music since the days of Maharaja of Travancore, Swathi Thirunal.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is known for many music festivals like the Navarathri Music Festival, one of the oldest festivals of its kind in South India, Swathi Sangeethotsavam, Soorya Music fest, Neelakanta Sivan Music Fest and many other music festivals are organised by various cultural groups.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala established the first film studio in Kerala, the Travancore National Pictures at Thiruvananthapuram in 1926.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala has many restaurants offering Arabic, Italian, Thai and Mexican cuisines.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Light Metro is a fully elevated metro rail – rapid transit system planned to ease the congestion in the city.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is served by National Highway 66 of India's National Highways system.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is a divisional headquarters in the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is served by the Thiruvananthapuram Kerala International Airport, located at Chakai, only 6.
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Schools in Thiruvananthapuram Kerala are classified as aided, unaided and Government schools.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is a major educational and research hub with various institutions in the fields of space science, information technology, physical science, biotechnology, engineering and medicine.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala is one of the regional headquarters of Indira Gandhi National Open University.
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Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram is the first and a premier medical school in Kerala, founded in 1951.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala University is ranked as the best university in Thiruvananthapuram Kerala according to the MHRD's National Institutional Ranking Framework.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala University ranked top in overall institution rankings in Thiruvananthapuram Kerala.
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The English language newspapers with editions from Thiruvananthapuram Kerala are The New Indian Express, The Hindu, The Deccan Chronicle and The Times of India.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala hosted the 2015 SAFF Championship at the Greenfield Stadium.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala was one of the main venues for the 2015 National Games of India.
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Thiruvananthapuram Kerala hosted the 61st National Shooting Championship at the Vattiyoorkavu Shooting Range.
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