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Palakkad

(pälək-käd`) or formerly

Palghat

(pälgôt`), town (2011 pop. 130,955), Kerala state, SW India. It commands the Palakkad, or Palghat, Gap, the major pass for road and rail through the Western Ghats, connecting the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Palakkad, of strategic importance in the British wars with Haidar AliHaidar Ali
or Hyder Ali
, 1722–82, Indian ruler. A Muslim of peasant stock, he rose by military brilliance to command the army of the Hindu state of Mysore.
..... Click the link for more information. , is now a district administrative headquarters and a trading and transportation center.

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Summary: Palakkad (Kerala), [India], June 10 (ANI): At least eight people died after an ambulance they were travelling in rammed into a lorry in Palakkad city of Kerala.

Kerala: 8 die after ambulance collides with lorry

NSS College of Engineering is located near the foothills of the Western Ghats in Palakkad. The alumni of the NSS College of Engineering in Palakkad, Kerala, will hold a global meeting in Palakkad on July 30 and 31.

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Ms Satheesh, from the Palakkad Toastmasters, sealed a double by clinching first place in both the international speech and speech evaluation categories.

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Concord Ventures Palakkad Harvestors stopped Yogi Group Thrissur Dynamites with an emphatic six-wicket win in the final for the title.

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Summary: Palakkad (Kerala) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): Two coaches of Chennai-Mangalore Express train derailed near Shoranur in Palakkad district in the early hours of Tuesday.

Kerala: 2 coaches of Chennai-Mangalore Express train derail near Shoranur

Dubai: Concord Ventures Palakkad beat defending champions Dunes Cuisine Kannur Veerans by 25 runs on Friday night to strengthen their chances of winning the second edition of the Kerala Premier League (KPL) being held at the International Cricket Council Global Cricket Academy under the auspices of the Dubai Cricket Council.

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Summary: Palakkad (Kerala) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): A bus driver was mercilessly beaten by a group of people in Kerala's Palakkad after he overtook another vehicle in a dangerous manner.

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They extended their winning streak, beating Concord Ventures Palakkad Harvestors by six wickets to record their third consecutive victory.

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Summary: Palakkad (Kerala) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday unfurled the national flag at the Vyasa Vidya Peethom School at Palakkad in Kerala on the occasion of 69th Republic Day.