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Kerala (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 10 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 10.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 076 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 76.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: First European intervention in India occured in 1498 with the arrival of Portuguese at Calicut; Dutch displaced Portuguese 17th century; invasions by Mysore 1766 and 1790 eased the way for British suzerainty in the 1790s; failed revolts against the British in the early 19th century. |
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| Kerala (preferred,C,V)
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| State of Kerala (C,V,English,U)
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| Kerala, State of (C,V)
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| Keralam (NA,V)
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| Chera (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Keralaputra (H,V)
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............ | ancient independent kingdom, 3rd cen. BC |
| Travancore-Cochin (H,V)
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............ | after India's independence, 1947 |
| േകരളം (NA,V,Malayalam,U)
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| IN13 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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since 1956 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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