Thiruvananthapuram | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 2018-12-09

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Thiruvananthapuram


00:02:55 1 Etymology
00:03:46 2 History
00:08:57 3 Geography and climate
00:09:07 3.1 Geography
00:10:52 3.2 Climate
00:12:01 4 Demographics
00:14:08 5 Administration
00:16:06 5.1 Law and order
00:16:50 5.2 Military and diplomatic establishments
00:17:33 5.3 Utility services
00:18:21 6 Economy
00:21:37 7 Tourism
00:22:50 8 Culture
00:27:10 9 Transport
00:27:19 9.1 Public transport
00:28:10 9.2 Road
00:29:52 9.3 Rail
00:30:54 9.4 Air
00:31:53 9.5 Sea
00:32:19 10 Education
00:32:28 10.1 Primary and secondary education
00:34:07 10.2 Higher education and research
00:38:29 11 Media
00:40:42 12 Sports
00:43:48 13 Sister cities
00:44:01 14 See also



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Thiruvananthapuram (IPA: [t̪iruʋənən̪t̪əpurəm] (listen)), also known by its former name Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration population is around 1.68 million. Located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland, Thiruvananthapuram is a major Information Technology hub in Kerala and contributes 55% of the state's software exports as of 2016. Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India", the city is characterised by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills.The Ays ruled the present region of Thiruvananthapuram until the 10th century. With their fall in the 10th century, the city was taken over by the Chera dynasty. The city was later taken over by the Kingdom of Venad in the 12th century. In the 17th century the king Marthanda Varma expanded the territory and founded the princely state of Travancore and Thiruvananthapuram was made capital of Travancore. Following India's independence in 1947, Thiruvananthapuram became the capital of Travancore-Cochin state and remained capital when the new Indian state of Kerala was formed in 1956.Thiruvananthapuram is a notable academic and research hub and is home to the University of Kerala, Kerala Technological University the regional headquarters of Indira Gandhi National Open University, and many other schools and colleges. Thiruvananthapuram is also home to research centers such as the Indian Space Research Organisation's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, and a campus of the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research. The city is home to media institutions like Toonz India Ltd and Tata Elxsi Ltd, and is also home to Chitranjali Film Studio, one of the first film studios in Malayalam Cinema, and Kinfra Film and Video Park at Kazhakoottom, which is India's first Infotainment Industrial park.Being India's largest city in the deep south, it is strategically prominent and hosts the Southern Air Command headquarters of the Indian Air Force, the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station and the upcoming Vizhinjam International Seaport. Thiruvananthapuram is a major tourist centre, known for the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, the beaches of Kovalam and Varkala, the backwaters of Poovar and Anchuthengu and its Western Ghats tracts of Ponmudi and the Agastyamala. In 2012, Thiruvananthapuram was named the best Kerala city to live in, by a field survey conducted by The Times of India. In 2013, the city was ranked the fifteenth best city to live in India, in a survey conducted by India Today. The city was also selected as the best-governed city in India in the survey conducted by Janaagraha Centre for citizenship and democracy in 2017.