19-12-2017, 04:32 PM
ERNAKULAM
*Formation : 1st April 1958
*leadquarters : Kakkanad
*Coastal length : 46km
*Literacy rate : 95.68%
*Sex ratio : 1028/1000
*Assembly constituencies : 14
*Lok Sabha constituencies : 1
*Emakulam was formerly known as
Ans : ‘Rishi Nagakulam’.
*Kochi, formerly known as Gosree
Ans : Perumbadappu Swaroopam.
*In early times Edapally is known ‘Rappollin'.Kochi is widely referred as the ‘commercal capital of Kerala'.
*Sakthan Thampuran was the most poweful ruler of Kochi.
*The only woman ruler of Kochi was Gangadhara Lakshmi.
* Emakulam is the first fully literateristrict in India (1990).
*Speed post system was firstly introduced in Emakulam.
*Cochin port is the only major port in kerala
*Kochi is the first e-port in Introduced .
*Robert Bristo is the men behind construction of modem port Kochi
*The book ‘Cochin Saga' is written by Robert Bristo.
*Shanmugam Chetty, the first finance minister of India called Kochi as Queen of Arabian Sea'.
*Pallippuram Fort built by Portuguese in 1503 is the first European fort in India.
Key info
*India’s first child friendly district is Emakulam.
*First bachath (saving) district in India is Emakulam
*First tourism police station in India is located at Mattanchery in Emakulam
*First floating ATM in India is established in Kochi by SBI.
*India's first international marine was established at Kochi.
*First multiplex theatre in Kerala is at Kochi.
*First Rubber Park in India is at Irapuram.
*First Digital Panchayat in Kerala is Pampakkuda.
