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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 | 1928 | - 1928: The first Malayalam movie, titled 'Vigathakumaran' was released. It was a silent movie, produced and directed by a businessman, J. C. Daniel.
- 20 Sep 1928: Sree Narayana Guru passes away
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| 5 | 1934 | - 1934: Radio transmission started in Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram. The second transmitter was installed in Calicut in 1950.
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| 6 | 1935 | - 1935—1936: First attempt towards generation of Electricity on a commercial scale, using thermal power plants, by Cochin State Power and Light Corporation for electrification of the towns of Ernakulam, Thrissur and the suburbs.
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| 7 | 1936 | - 1936: Temple Entry Proclamation issued by Maharaja Shri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma and his Dewan Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer in 1936 abolished the ban on low-caste people or avarnas from entering Hindu Temples in the state of Travancore
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| 8 | 1938 | - 1938: The first Malayalam movie with audio, titled 'Balan', was released
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| 10 | 1942 | - 1942: Quit India movement, a civil disobedience movement launched in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence from the British
- 1942: The Pallivasal hydroelectric project of Travancore, commissioned in 1939 utilising the waters of Mudirampuzha river, the important tributary of Periyar is the first power station of the State with an installation capacity of 13500 K.W. Supply began in 1942.
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| 11 | 1945 | - 6 Aug 1945: United States dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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| 12 | 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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| 13 | 1947 | - 15 Aug 1947: India gained independence
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1927 - 1947 (20 years)