Kalpakanchery
Kalpakanchery is a revenue village and a Gram Panchayat in Tirur Taluk, Malappuram district, Kerala, India. The village is located 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west to the city of Malappuram.
Kadungathukundu, Puthanathani, Kurukathani, and Randathani are the four major commercial centres in Kalpakanchery. The National Highway 66 passes through the village. The village is a centre of academic institutions and other offices. There are several educational institutions, healthcare institutions, two industrial training centres, Kalpakanchery police station, Bafakhy Yatheem Khana (orphanage), post office, Kalpakanchery Sub-registrar Office, and Kalpakanchery Panchayat Office in the town. The village had a weekly market on Wednesdays known as Melangadi Chantha. The weekly market was held at present-day Melangadi, between Puthanathani and Kadungathukundu. The municipal towns of Tirur, Kottakkal, and Valanchery are located around 8 or 9 kilometres (5.0 or 5.6 mi) away from here. The Kalpakanchery sub-registrar office has obtained ISO standard.
Source - Wikipedia [May 2021]
Kalpakanchery was a part of Vettathunad in the medieval period, like most of the other villages in the Tirur Taluk. Vettathunad, also known as the Kingdom of Tanur, was a coastal city-state kingdom in the Malabar Coast. It was ruled by the Vettathu Raja, who was a vassal of the Zamorin of Calicut. Vettathunad was known for its trade relationship with the Arab merchants in the medieval period. The Kshatriya family of the Vettathu Rajas became extinct with the death of the last Raja on 24 May 1793.
The Lord of Azhvanchery (who was also the supreme religious head of Nambudiri Brahmins of Kerala during medieval period, based at the neighbouring Athavanad) and the Lord of Kalpakanchery were usually present at the coronation (Ariyittu Vazhcha) of a new Zamorin of Calicut. Kalpakanchery Thamprakkal were related to the Nambudiris of Panniyoor while Azhvanchery Thamprakkal to those of Chowwara. According to the available sources, it is estimated that the Kananchery Juma Masjid in Kalpakanchery has an age of at least 400 years. It is believed that the soldiers of Tipu Sultan had tented at Nadayalparamba and Cholakamad in Kalpakanchery during the Mysorean conquest of Malabar. Some 20,000 people attended a Khilafat Movement meeting held in Kalpakanchery under the leadership of K. P. Kesava Menon just before the 1921 Malabar rebellion. During the uprising, a gang under the leadership of Odayappurath Chekkutty, who was also a great admirer and helper of the freedom fighter Mohammed Abdur Rahiman, from Kalpakanchery guarded the Kizhake Kovilakam (a seat of the ruling family of the Zamorin of Calicut) and Arya Vaidya Sala at Kottakkal. The Kalpakanchery Gram Panchayat was formed on 10 October 1940, as a part of the British Malabar District Board.[1] It is one of the oldest Gram Panchayats in Malabar region. At the time of 1951 Census of India, the erstwhile Malabar District was divided into only 100 Gram Panchayats and Kalpakanchery was one among them.
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