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| Kerala केरल കേരളം | |
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| November 1, 1956 - Present | |
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| Capital | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Official languages | Malayalam English |
| Leaders | |
• Governor | Shri. Arif Mohammed Khan |
• Chief Minister | Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Area | |
• Total | 38,863 km² |
| Population | |
• 2018 census | 34,630,192 |
Website https://kerala.gov.in | |
Kerala is a state in southern India. The majority of seats in its legislature are held by a liberal coalition government with the INC holding 63 out of 140 seats. Meanwhile, 26 are held by the CPI(M) and 8 by the CPI. Kerala has the highest human development index, life expectancy, and literacy rate in India.[1] It also has the lowest infant mortality rate in India.[2] Kerala has given priority to ensuring education for all and was declared as India's first fully literate state.[3] In 2022, Kerala began its 14th five-year plan.[4]
History[edit | edit source]
The first communist government in Kerala came to power in 1957 under E. M. S. Namboodiripad.[5] Six days after taking power, the CPI banned landlords from evicting tenant farmers. The Indian National Congress dismissed Communist officials from Kerala in 1959. The official reason for dissolving the Kerala government was due to mass protests against the Communist Party of India's policies. According to the 1978 book, A Dangerous Place by former Statesian ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the CIA was involved in orchestrating these protests. His statements are corroborated by Howard Schaffer, the biographer of Ellsworth Bunker, the Statesian ambassador to India (1956–61), who confirmed Statesian involvement in funding the agitation against E. M. S. Namboodiripad’s communist government to prevent the emergence of "additional Keralas"[6].
Leftists came to power again in 1967 and redistributed 600,000 acres of land to peasants by 1994.[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "At 96.2%, Kerala tops India's literacy rate chart again; Andhra Pradesh ranks lowest with 66.4%" (2020-09-08). Firstpost. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ↑ "About Kerala" (2022-07-01). Official Web Portal Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ↑ "Social Welfare" (2022-08-20). Official Web Portal Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ↑ Kerala. "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan (2022-2027)" Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
- ↑ K. Ravi Raman (2021-10-15). "The Opposition “Emocracy” Exposed: Kerala’s Landmark Left Victory" Monthly Review. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ↑ Thomas J. Nossiter (1982). Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation. C. Hurst for the Royal Institute of International Affairs. ISBN 9780905838403
- ↑ "One Hundred Years of the Communist Movement in India" (2020-09-01). Tricontinental. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-11-12.