Kanhangad
Kanhangad (Malayalam: [kaːɲːɐŋːaːɖɨ̆] ⓘ) is a commercial city, located in the Kasaragod District, state of Kerala, India.The importance of Kanhangad is that it lies in the exact centre between the two major cities Mangalore and Kannur, equidistant from their respective district headquarters.The landscape is dominated by the characteristic coconut palms accompanying rolling hills and streams flowing into the sea.The Neeleshwaram River originates from the Kinanoor hills, passes south through Arangadi and drains into the Nileshwar .[1] As cited in the Vadakkan Paattu or the North Malabar folklore songs, there was a temple in the name of Kanjiram Kaattappan and through this the name Kanjangad was derived.[2] It was cited in old folklore that the area of Kanhangad was under the reign of king Nanda Raja of Mushaka Rajya, headquartered in Ezhimala Kannur region during the Sangam period.Due to the collapse of the Kolathiri Dynasty, the reign of Elamkoor came to an end and the powerful elite barons renowned as Ettadukkal lords gained the strength.In the 1760s Haidar Ali captured the land from Ikkeri Nayaks and the region came under the Mysore Kingdom which was later merged with the south Kanara district.The Congress Working Committee joined at Kanhangad on 1 January 1925 and decided to launch a massive Khadi centre.Many members of the Janmis or Noblemen and ordinary people from this region attended the Simon Commission for boycotting and Civil Disobedience movement.The prominent Congress leaders like AC Kannan Nair, KT Kunhiraman Nambiar, Damodara Bhaktan, Vidwan P Kelunayar and E Raghava Panikkar were the teachers in this school.The prominent leaders who participated in the Indian freedom struggle from Kanhangad include Vidwan P. Kelu Nair, who has a high graduation in Sanskrit language, Gandhi Krishnan Nair, who lost his eyes during Toddy shop picketing, H. Vasudev who has worked in National Movement since a young age, Damodara Shenoy, K. Madhavan, who participated in the Salt Satyagraha, Achyutha Shenoy who was tortured by Police for participating in the Quit India Movement, editors of Shakti Magazine, and K.T Kunhiraman Nambiyar who was famous as a person who was the volunteer captain of the Kerala Congress Conference in 1926.Rajmohan Unnithan of the Indian National Congress party is currently representing the Kasaragod constituency since May, 2019.After the inauguration of Mini Civil Station, the old Taluk office building which was constructed during the time of British was renovated as a historic monument.Since the oil boom of the ’80s, young people have migrated to the oil-producing Gulf countries in pursuit of lucrative job opportunities.[8] The laterite (Cheadi) and red soil which is found in the Kanhangad and the surrounding areas are excavated and processed for export.[9] Now the government has plans to start a Cashew liquor factory [10] and the first ever meat processing plant and college in India here.Some of the major educational institutions include: The face of literature in Kanhangad is P. Kunhiraman Nair[17] who was a Malayalam poet and teacher.There is a memorial and public reading room at Kanhangad in remembrance of the poet and also being a native of Kasaragod, he spent a greater part of his life teaching at the Raja's High School at Kollengode, where his memorial was set up as a prominent centre of Kerala's art and culture.[18] Kanhangad has also produced other notable authors too like P.V Kunhikkannan who is popularly known with his pen name P. V. K. Panayal[19] who has even won the Kerala Sahithya Akademi Award, Santhosh Echikkanam[20] and Dr. Ambikasuthan Mangad.NH-66 (previously known as NH-17[21]), which runs from Panvel (in Maharashtra) to Kanyakumari (in Tamil Nadu), passes through Mavungal which is 3 km east to Kanhangad town in a north–south direction and connects with Kasaragod, Mangalore, Udupi, etc.
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