Wednesday 21 December 2016

5 things you should know about tirur..!

1. Tipu Sulthan Road


Do you know that the Unniyal-Kuttayi road is known as Tipu Sulthan road? It is called so because it is said that Tipu Sulthan had made a March through this road when he came to Kerala in 1788-1790.










2.Foriegn Market or Gulf Market


It is the largest wholesale market in Malappuram district of Kerala.It is very famous for its mobile and mobile equipments collections all around kerala.









3.Wagon Tragedy


It is the most famous historical event took place in Tirur.On 10 November 1921, when the uprising was on its last breaths, almost 90 detained Muslim rebels were despatched by train from Tirur to the Central Prison in Podanur (near Coimbatore). They were bundled into a freight wagon and the train set off. Pothanur jail was found to be full to maximum capacity, so orders were given to take the prisoners back. During the return journey, 67 of the 90 rebels suffocated to death in the closed iron wagon.


4.Government Boys Higher Secondary School were built by British










5.Panjami School


It is a story related to the Malayalee freedom fighter Ayyankali . The school got its name from a low caste girl child.She was denied to enter the school as she was from low-caste.And Ayyankali fought for her rights to study and made her study at that school.

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