Pookkottur
Pookkottur
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Pookkottur is a village in Eranad taluk, and a suburb of Malappuram, Kerala, India. 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.
Mr. P.A. Salam is President of Pookkottur Grama Panchayath. He is the member of Executive Committee and General council (the chief executive authority and the supreme authority respectively) of Kerala Agricultural University. He is also the Chairman, Works Committee of Kerala Agricultural University.
Malabar Karshikotsavam (from 18th to 30th May 2013) is an initiative by Mr. P.A. Salam to transform Pookkottur as a model Sustainable Green village of Kerala.
External links
- http://wikimapia.org/2610009/
- http://kau.edu/ec_2013.htm
- http://kau.edu/gc_2013.htm
- http://www.lsg.kerala.gov.in/pages/lb_general_info.php?intID=5&ID=934&ln=en