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*Thusharagiri waterfalls and Vellarimala waterfalls are in Kozhikode.
*‘Vishappflla Nagaram Padhathi’ started in Kozhikode.
*Ayurdalam Arogya Padhathi is started in Kuthali.
*Operation Sulaimani is the free food programme introduced in the city of Kozhikode by district collector Prashant Nair.
*International kite flying is organized in Kappad
*Students police cadet Scheme was first started in Kozhikode
*Kozhikode Town Police station is the first ISO Certified police station in Kerala.
*Kolavipalam beach also known as the 'Turtle Beach’, which is an ideal! nesting site for Olive Ridley turtles.
ANS-KOZHIKOZE
*The first hunger free city in Kerala
*The first litter free city in Kerala
*The first plastic free district in Kerala
Key facts
*Kozhikode is the first tobacco free city in Kerala
*The first water museum in Kerala is set up in Kozhikode
*First plastic waste free district in India Kozhikode.
*The first Khadi village in Kerala is Balussery
*Kuttyadi is the first Hydro Electric Project in Malabar region.
*The first Sports Medicine Institute in Kerala-Kozhikode
Places of worship
*Lokanar Kavu Temple
*Tali Mahadeva Temple
*Kuttichira Mishkal Mosque
Note the point
*Wayanad pass is in Kozhikode
*Ibn Bathutha, Abdul Razzak, Ma Huan etc. are the ancient travellers who visited Kozhikode
*The first WiFi University is Calicut University
*First 3G mobile phone service in Kerala was launched in - Kozhikode
*Highest populated taluk is Kozhikode Taluk
*India’s first automated Driving test centre Chevayur is in Kozhikode.
*Velliyamkallu tourist destination is in Kozhikode
*Beypore is known as Sulthan City.
*The Malabar wild life sanctuary is in Kozhikode
Headquarters
*Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Kozhikode Kozhikode
*Indian Institute of Spices Research -Kozhikode
*Kerala State Co-operative Marketing Federation-Kozhikode
*National Institute of Technology -Kozhikode
*Usha School of Athletics-Koyilandy
*Centre for Water Resource Development & Management-Kunnamangalam
What's new
*The first co-opreative museum in Asia will come up in-Kozhikode
*The city that hosted Kerala Literature Festival 2016-Kozhikode
*The third edition of Global Ayurveda Festival Kerala was held at -Kozhikode
Tourist Spots
*Kunjali House
*S.M.Street
*Kozhikode Beach
*Kappad
*Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary
Prominent figures
*V.K.Krishnamenon(Indian diplomat,politician)
*S.K.Pttekkad (Novelist)
*K.Kelappan (Social reformer)
*P.T.Usha (Athlete)
