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Munnar, the Glossary

Munnar is a town and hill station located in the Idukki district of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala.^[1]

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Cities and towns in Idukki district
Hill stations in Kerala
Populated places in the Western Ghats
Tourism in Idukki district
Tourist attractions in Idukki district

Adimali

Adimali is a town in the Idukki district of Kerala, in southwesternIndia. Munnar and Adimali are cities and towns in Idukki district and Tourist attractions in Idukki district.

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Aluva

Aluva (also known by its former name Alwaye) is an eastern suburb of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India.

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Aluva railway station

Aluva railway station (station code: AWY) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.

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Anaimalai Tiger Reserve, earlier known as Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park and as Anaimalai Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected area in the Anaimalai Hills of Pollachi and Valparai taluks of Coimbatore District and Udumalaipettai taluk in Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Anamudi Shola National Park

Anamudi Shola National Park is a protected area located along the Western Ghats of Idukki district in Kerala state, India. Munnar and Anamudi Shola National Park are Tourist attractions in Idukki district.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister.

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Bisonvalley

Bison valley is a village in Udumbanchola Taluk in the Idukki district of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala.

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Bodinayakkanur

Bodinayakanur, a town in Tamil Nadu, India, was fondly dubbed the 'Kashmir of the South,' by India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru.

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Cardamom Hills

The Cardamom Hills or Yela Mala are mountain range of southern India and part of the southern Western Ghats located in Idukki district, Kerala, India. Munnar and Cardamom Hills are Tourist attractions in Idukki district.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary

Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary is located 18 km north of Marayoor on State Highway 17 in the Marayoor and Kanthalloor panchayats of Devikulam taluk in the Idukki district of India's Kerala state. Munnar and Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary are Tourist attractions in Idukki district.

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Cinchona

Cinchona (pronounced or) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing at least 23 species of trees and shrubs.

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Cochin International Airport

Cochin International Airport (locally referred to as Nedumbassery Airport, Kochi Airport or Ernakulam Airport) is an international airport serving the city of Kochi, Kerala, in southwestern India.

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Coimbatore

Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr), sometimes shortened as Kovai, is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Dalit

Dalit (from dalita meaning "broken/scattered") is a term first coined by the Indian social reformer Jyotirao Phule for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent.

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Devikulam

Devikulam is a Grama Panchayat and small hill station about away from Munnar in the Idukki District of Kerala, India. Munnar and Devikulam are hill stations in Kerala and Populated places in the Western Ghats.

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Devikulam taluk

Devikulam taluk is one of the 5 taluks in Idukki district of the Indian state of Kerala.

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Dhanushkodi

Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the state of Tamil Nadu in India.

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Douglas Hamilton

General Douglas Hamilton (8 April 1818 – 20 January 1892) was a British Indian Army officer, gazetted to the 21st Regiment of the Madras Native Infantry from 1837 to 1871.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Eravikulam National Park

Eravikulam National Park is a 97 km2 national park located along the Western Ghats in the Idukki and Ernakulam districts of Kerala in India. Munnar and Eravikulam National Park are Tourist attractions in Idukki district.

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Ernakulam

Ernakulam is the central business district of the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. Munnar and Ernakulam are Tourism in Kerala.

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Gaur

The gaur (Bos gaurus) is a bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986.

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Gram panchayat

Gram Panchayat is a basic governing institution in Indian villages.

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Grizzled giant squirrel

The grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa found in the highlands of the Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka, and in patches of riparian forest along the Kaveri River and in the hill forests of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala states of southern India.

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Habitat fragmentation

Habitat fragmentation describes the emergence of discontinuities (fragmentation) in an organism's preferred environment (habitat), causing population fragmentation and ecosystem decay.

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Hill station

A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley.

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Honeymoon

A honeymoon is a holiday taken by newlyweds after their wedding to celebrate their marriage.

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Idukki district

Idukki (ഇടുക്കി) is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala in the southwest of the country. Munnar and Idukki district are Tourism in Idukki district.

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Indian elephant

The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three extant recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant, native to mainland Asia.

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Indian independence movement

The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Kannan Devan Hills

Kannan Devan Hills is a large village located in Devikulam Taluk of Idukki District in the Indian state of Kerala. Munnar and Kannan Devan Hills are Tourist attractions in Idukki district.

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Kashmir Valley

The Kashmir Valley, also known as the Vale of Kashmir, is an intermontane valley in northern Jammu and Kashmir, a region in Indian-administered Kashmir.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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KDHP Tea Museum

The KDHP Tea Museum is an industry and history museum situated in Munnar, a town in the Idukki district of Kerala in South India. Munnar and KDHP Tea Museum are Tourist attractions in Idukki district.

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Kerala

Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.

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Kerala State Road Transport Corporation

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Kochi

Kochi, also known by its former name Cochin, is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea.

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Kolukkumalai

Kolukkumalai is a small village/hamlet in Bodinayakanur Taluk in the Theni district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Kunchithanny

Kunchithanny is a village situated in the Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Kurinjimala Sanctuary

Kurinjimala Sanctuary protects the approximately 32 hectare core habitat of the endangered Neelakurinji plant in the Kottakamboor and Vattavada villages in Devikulam Taluk, in the Idukki district of Kerala, a state in southern India. Munnar and Kurinjimala Sanctuary are Tourist attractions in Idukki district.

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Kuttampuzha

Kuttampuzha is a village and gram panchayat in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala.

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List of districts in India

A district (zila), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.

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List of protected areas of Kerala

The protected areas of Kerala include a wide range of biomes, extending east from the coral reefs, estuaries, salt marshes, mangroves beaches of the Arabian Sea through the tropical moist broadleaf forests of the Malabar Coast moist forests to the North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests and South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests to South Western Ghats montane rain forests on the western border of Tamil Nadu in the Western Ghats.

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List of taluks of Kerala

In Kerala, the administrative divisions below the district are called taluks.

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Literacy

Literacy is the ability to read and write.

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Madras Presidency

The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St.

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Madurai

Madurai, formerly known by its colonial name Madura is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Mafia Raj

Mafia Raj refers to a criminalised nexus (or 'mafia') of government officials, elected politicians, business interests and other entities (such as law-enforcement authorities, non-governmental organisations, trade unions or criminal organisations).

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Malayalam

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people.

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Malayarayan

Mala Arayan or Malaiyarayan, is a member of a tribal community in parts of Kottayam, Idukki and Pattanamtitta districts of Kerala state, southern India.

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Manjampatti Valley

Manjampatti Valley is a protected area in the eastern end of Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park (IGWS&NP) in Tirupur District, Tamil Nadu, South India.

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Mankulam, Idduki

Mankulam is a village in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Marayur

Marayur or Marayoor is a town in Devikulam taluk of Idukki district in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. Munnar and Marayur are cities and towns in Idukki district, hill stations in Kerala and Tourist attractions in Idukki district.

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Mattupetty Dam

Mattupetty Dam (Madupetty Dam), near Munnar in Idukki District, is a storage concrete gravity dam built in the mountains of Kerala, India to conserve water for hydroelectricity.

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Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)

A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government.

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Muthirapuzha River

Muthirapuzha River is one of the major tributaries of the Periyar River, the longest river in Kerala state south India.

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Muthuvan

The Muthuvans or Mudugars are tribe of cultivators in hills of Coimbatore and Madurai, India.

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Neriamangalam

Neriamangalam is a village in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Nilgiri langur

The Nilgiri langur (Semnopithecus johnii) is an Asian langur of the Old World monkey.

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Nilgiri tahr

The Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western and Eastern Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India.

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Nilgiri wood pigeon

The Nilgiri wood pigeon (Columba elphinstonii) is large pigeon found in the moist deciduous forests and sholas of the Western Ghats in southwestern India.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Palani Hills

The Palani Hills are a mountain range in the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

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Pallivasal

Pallivasal is a village in Idukki district in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala.

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Pampadum Shola National Park

Pampadum Shola National Park is the smallest national park in Idukki district of Kerala in India. Munnar and Pampadum Shola National Park are Tourist attractions in Idukki district.

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Postal Index Number

A Postal Index Number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code) refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post.

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Rajakkad

Rajakkad is a town in the Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala situated in the Western Ghats.

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Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India

Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, founded in 1961 by the Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs, for arranging, conducting and analysing the results of the demographic surveys of India including Census of India and Linguistic Survey of India.

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Sambar deer

The sambar (Rusa unicolor) is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, South China and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.

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Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet

Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, (2 April 1807 – 19 June 1886) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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Strobilanthes kunthiana

Strobilanthes kunthiana, known as Kurinji or Neelakurinji in Tamil language and Malayalam and Gurige in Kannada, is a shrub of the bear's breeches family (Acanthaceae) that is found in the shola forests of the Western Ghats in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Tamils

The Tamils, also known as the Tamilar, are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, to the union territory of Puducherry, and to Sri Lanka.

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Tata Group

The Tata Group is a group of companies headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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Threatened species

A threatened species is any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which is vulnerable to extinction in the near future.

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Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan (Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu; 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799), commonly referred to as Sher-e-Mysore or "Tiger of Mysore", was an Indian ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India.

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Town

A town is a type of a human settlement.

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Travancore

The Kingdom of Travancore, also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor or later as Travancore State, was an Indian kingdom that lasted from until 1949.

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V. S. Achuthanandan

Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan (born 20 October 1923), popularly known by his initials V. S., is an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Kerala from 2006 to 2011.

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Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), formerly known as the Dalit Panthers of India or the Dalit Panthers Iyyakkam (DPI), is an Indian social movement and political party that seeks to combat caste based discrimination, active in the state of Tamil Nadu. The party also has a strong emphasis on Tamil nationalism.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munnar

Also known as History of Munnar, Idly Hill View Point, Munnar, Kerala.

, Malayalam, Malayarayan, Manjampatti Valley, Mankulam, Idduki, Marayur, Mattupetty Dam, Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Muthirapuzha River, Muthuvan, Neriamangalam, Nilgiri langur, Nilgiri tahr, Nilgiri wood pigeon, Oceanic climate, Palani Hills, Pallivasal, Pampadum Shola National Park, Postal Index Number, Rajakkad, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Sambar deer, Sea level, Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, Sri Lanka, States and union territories of India, Strobilanthes kunthiana, Tamil language, Tamil Nadu, Tamils, Tata Group, The Hindu, Threatened species, Tipu Sultan, Town, Travancore, V. S. Achuthanandan, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, Wayanad district, Western Ghats, 2011 census of India, 2015 Munnar Plantation strike.

Munnar, the Glossary

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See also

Cities and towns in Idukki district

Hill stations in Kerala

Populated places in the Western Ghats

Tourism in Idukki district

Tourist attractions in Idukki district

References