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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Pookkottur<br />
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| settlement_type = village<br />
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| image_caption = 1921 War Memorial Gate Pookkottur<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11|5|50|N|76|3|50|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]]<br />
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
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'''Pookkottoor''' is a village in [[Eranad taluk]], and a suburb of [[Malappuram]], [[Kerala]], India. It is on [[National Highway 966 (India)|National Highway 966]], and there is a state road from the town to [[Manjeri]].<br />
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It was the centre of the [[Malabar Rebellion]] of 1921 that shook the [[British Raj|British administration]] in the erstwhile [[Malabar district]] of [[Madras Province]].<br />
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Malabar Karshikotsavam & Krishi Mela (from 18th to 30 May 2013) was an initiative by Mr. P.A. Salam by collaborating Kerala Agricultural University, Youth Clubs & Pookkottur Grama Panchayath to transform Pookkottur as a model Sustainable Green Village of Kerala.<br />
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==Important Landmarks==<br />
* Pookkotur Juma Masjidh<br />
* '''1921 War Memorial''': Tombs of 460 Mappilas who were killed in battle during the Mappila revolt against Britain in 1921 at Pookkottur <br />
* "Pookkotur gate". The Pookkottur war memorial gate is dedicated to those killed in the Pookkottur battle. Along with these monuments, abandoned<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Nediyiruppu]]<br />
* [[Valluvambram Junction|Valluvambram]]<br />
* [[Arimbra Hills, Malappuram|Arimbra]] Hills<br />
==Image Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Aravangara.jpg|Aravankara, Pookkoottur<br />
File:Pookkottur.jpg|Pookkottur Town<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* http://wikimapia.org/2610009/<br />
* https://archive.today/20130626181037/http://kau.edu/ec_2013.htm <br />
* https://archive.today/20130626180506/http://kau.edu/gc_2013.htm <br />
* http://www.lsg.kerala.gov.in/pages/lb_general_info.php?intID=5&ID=934&ln=en<br />
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[[Category:Suburbs of Malappuram]]<br />
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