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  Kerala Piravi and the story behind

  Fyi | Nov 01, 2019, 01:15 PM IST

  Today is Kerala Piravi. Kerala Piravi marks the birth of the state of Kerala. On November 1, 1956, the state of Kerala officially came into existence, nine years after Independence.

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  When 'Maharaja of Travancore' met Queen Elizabeth II

  India | Jul 08, 2012, 01:23 PM IST

  Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 8: A witness to India's transformation from imperial rule to a democratic polity, 90-year-old ‘Maharaja of Travancore' Uthradom Tirunal MarthandaVarma have both pleasant and unpleasant memories but his two meetings with British Queen