Kozhikode pronunciation (help· info) in Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട്, also known as Calicut, is the third largest city (pop. 801,190:1991) in the southern state of Kerala in India. It is the headquarters of Kozhikode district, and was formerly the capital of an independent kingdom, and later of the erstwhile Malabar District. This city is famous as the place where Vasco da Gama, the first European to sail directly from Europe (from Lisbon, Portugal) to India, landed in 1498. Image File history File links Kozhikode. ... Malayalam (മലയാളം ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... Kerala ( (Anglicised) or (native); Malayalamകേരളം, — ) is a state on the tropical Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... Kozhikode District is a district of Kerala state, situated on the southwest coast of India. ... Malabar District was an administrative district of British India and independent Indias Madras State. ... Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama (IPA: (Sines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal, c. ... This article is about the continent. ... World map showing Europe Political map (neighboring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Location  - Region  - Subregion  - District or A.R.   Lisbon Grande Lisboa Lisbon Mayor  - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Educational institutions in Kozhikode district

• Indian Institute of Management, kozhikode: The 5th IIM to be established in India, IIM Kozhikode's spectacular campus has earned it the plaudit of "God's Own Campus" and is regarded highly by Academia and Corporate's alike.

• Calicut Medical College: One of the most prestigious medical institutions in India. The Institution recently made headlines by creating the Calicut Medical Journal, the premier Open Access Medical Journal in India.Under CMC there are two more medical institutes,Government Dental Collegeand Government College of Nursing.

• National Institute of Technology (NIT): One of the most renowned engineering instituions in India. It was formerly known as Regional Engineering College (REC) and was affiliated to University of Calicut. It is now a deemed university.

• Government Engineering College (GEC), Kozhikode: It is one among the prestigious engineering institutions under the department of Technical Education, Kerala. GEC has been rated consistently among the top technical institutes in kerala, with students admitted purely on the basics of merit.

• Government Homeopathic Medical College

• Government Law College

• Government College of Teacher Education

• Jamia Markazu Ssaqafathi Ssunniyya Kunnamangalam

• Malabar Christian College: One of the most renowned institutions in India. It is affiliated to University of Calicut.

• Zamorins Guruvayurappan College: One of the oldest colleges in the country, founded by Zamorins of Calicut.

• St. Joseph's College, Devagiri: A prestigious arts and science college, accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with a grade A.

• Farook College ,Calicut:The only College in Calicut University to be recognised as a Center of Excellence by the UGC and accredited at 5 star level by NAAC.

• Providence Women's College

• Sree Narayana Guru College

• Government Poly Technic

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See also

• Kozhikode City
• Kozhikode district

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