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1 | 1878 | - 1878—1958: Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon. His outstanding works are Badhira Vilapam, Bandhanasthanaya Anirudhan, Oru Katha, Sishyanum Makanum, Magdalana Mariyam, Kochu Sita, Achanum Makalum, Sahitya Manjari, etc. He also translated Valmiki Ramayana and Rig Veda into Malayalam. Vallathol's efforts resulted in the revival of the art of Kathakali.
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2 | 1879 | - 1879—1949: Mahakavi Ullur S. Parameswara Iyer. Ullur's works include Umakeralam, Karna bhushanam, Pingala, Premasangitam, Kerala Sahitya Charitram, etc.
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3 | 1910 | - 19 Aug 1910—28 Jul 1946: Saint Alphonsa Muttathupadathu
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4 | 1939 | |
5 | 1945 | - 6 Aug 1945: United States dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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6 | 1946 | - Oct 1946: Punnapra-Vayalar revolt, partly as a social and economic revolt against landlords and partly attributed as a reaction to the constitutional scheme proposed by the Travancore Dewan, C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer, early in January, 1946.
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7 | 1947 | - 15 Aug 1947: India gained independence
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8 | 1949 | - 1 Jul 1949: Travancore and Cochin were merged to form Travancore-Cochin
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9 | 1950 | - 25 Jul 1950: Formation of Pala Diocese, Kottayam. Though the diocese is young, some of its churches trace their origin to the earlier centuries.
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10 | 1954 | - 1954: 'Neelakkuyil', often considered as the first authentic Malayali movie, was released. It captured national interest by winning the President's silver medal. It was scripted by the renown Malayalam novelist Uroob and directed by P. Bhaskaran and Ramu Kariat.
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11 | 1956 | - 1 Nov 1956: Inauguration of the State of Kerala. Malabar District was merged with Tranvancore-Cochin state and Kasargod taluk of South Kanara District to form the State of Kerala.
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12 | 1957 | - 5 Apr 1957: First elected Communist government in Kerala
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13 | 1962 | - 3 Jul 1962: Since the beginning of the Syro-Malabar church, its liturgy was in Syriac and went through Latinization like many other churches in the 16th century. As a movement for better understanding of the liturgical rites, a restored Eucharistic liturgy, drawing on the original East Syrian sources, was approved by Pope Pius XII in 1957 and for the first time on the feast of St. Thomas on July 3, 1962, the vernacular, Malayalam, was introduced for the celebration of the Syro-Malabar rite Mass.
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