Kalakkad
Sign in to saveKalakad is a Municipality in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Kalakad is one of the 3 Municipalities of Tirunelveli District, and is one of the fastest-growing towns in the district. ==Etymology== As per popular folklore, the name Kalakkad was due to one of the following: The place was a forest full of 'kalaa' களா(Tamil word) tree; It was a battlefield or 'kalam'களம் (Tamil word); It was the capital of 'kalapirars' who ruled Tamil Nadu from this place. ==History== In History of Travancore from the Earliest Times, A. Mohamed Basith mentions Kalacaud instead of Kalakkad
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- Kalakad
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- Hills near Kalakkad
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- India Tamil Nadu
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- Location in Tamil Nadu, India
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- India
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- Tamil Nadu
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- Tirunelveli
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- Kalakkad Municipality
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- 30921
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- 2011
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Kalakad is a Municipality in Tirunelveli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Kalakad is one of the 3 Municipalities of Tirunelveli District, and is one of the fastest-growing towns in the district. ==Etymology== As per popular folklore, the name Kalakkad was due to one of the following: The place was a forest full of 'kalaa' களா(Tamil word) tree; It was a battlefield or 'kalam'களம் (Tamil word); It was the capital of 'kalapirars' who ruled Tamil Nadu from this place. ==History== In History of Travancore from the Earliest Times, A. Mohamed Basith mentions Kalacaud instead of Kalakkad. A few battles between the Travancore Kings and the British at this place are recorded. Joannes de Lannoy, the only son of Eustachius De Lannoy, was killed in the battle of Kalakkad on 14 September 1765 at the age of twenty.
Kalakkad was a scene of frequent struggles in the late 1750s during the Polygar revolt led by the Puli Thevar and changed hands several times.