States were formed based on language on November 1, 1956. Kerala Day is also on November 1," he said. "The need to unite Kerala for the Malayalam-speaking communities has been strongly evident ...

In February 2018, the government declared verses as the official language oath. Since then, the oath has been taken by thousands of students in the state’s schools on Kerala Piravi Day (November ...

They must learn from these language speaking states and live in harmony with us,” he remarked. The minister also assured us to hold a Kannada-Malayalam Literature Summit next year to bolster the ...

It is not only states but several cities have also been renamed in the last few years or so. The name of the ‘Rajahmundry’ city in Andhra Pradesh was amended to ‘Rajamahendravaram’ in 2017.

In 2011, Orissa’s name was changed to Odisha and the language’s became Odia from Oriya, ... “Keralam is what we say in Malayalam. So yes, the state’s official name should be Keralam.

In 1956, a state for Malayalam speakers was eventually formed. The original name of the state in its language was Keralam. It was changed to Kerala in the eighth schedule of the Constitution.