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'''Punnapra''' is a village in [[Alappuzha district]] of [[Kerala]], India. It is a coastal area of the [[Arabian Sea]] and lies west to [[Kuttanad]], popularly known as ''The rice bowl of Kerala''.

==Local Governance==
Punnapra is divided into 2 [[panchayat]]s:
*[[Punnapra North]]
*[[Punnapra South]]

==History==

[[File:IMT Punnapra 2.jpg|thumb|IMT Punnapra]]
''Punnapra'' was part of the princely state of [[Travancore]] before the independence of India. In 1940s, Communist party developed a good influence among the workers in the coir industry and organised a strike for better wages. [[Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]], the diwan(prime minister) of Travancore intervened to resolve the labour issues, but situation worsened with the faction of workers demanding for ''Responsible Government'', a political move against the rule of [[Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]]. A landlord, Applon Aroj in Punnapra was given with police protection on demand and one demonstrator was shot dead in an agitation near to his house. A large number of strikers attacked the police camp, killed a four policemen and about 35 strikers were also killed. Government declared martial law and in the following army action about 300 people were massacred. The series of incidents is known as [[Punnapra-Vayalar uprising]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation | publisher=University of California Press | author=Thomas Johnson Nossiter | year=1982 | pages=90–91 | isbn=9780520046672}}</ref> There is a memorial known as the Punnapra-Vayalar uprising martyrs' column and every year, a procession is held from Valya chudukad in Alappuzha to the memorial on the date.

==Colleges in Punnapra==

* [[College of Engineering and Management, Punnapra]]<ref>http://www.cempunnapra.org</ref>
* [[Government T D Medical College, Alappuzha]]
* [http://carmelpoly.in/index/ Carmel Polytechnic College, Aravukad]
* [[Carmel College of Engineering and Technology Alappuzha]]<ref>http://carmelcet.in</ref>
* [[Mar Gregorios College Punnapra]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://margregoriospunnapra.org/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019133501/http://margregoriospunnapra.org/ |archive-date=19 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Alappuzha district}}
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[[Category:Villages in Alappuzha district]]

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