Alappuzha additionally known by its previous name Alleppey, is the regulatory central command of Alappuzha District in the Indian State of Kerala. Alappuzha is a city and a region in Kerala with a urban populace of 174,164 and third among the locale having most astounding education rate in Kerala. In 2016, Center for Science and Environment appraised Alappuzha as the best cleanest town in India pursued by Mysuru and Panaji Alappuzha is viewed as the most established arranged city in this locale and the beacon based on the shoreline of the city is the first of its sort along the Laccadive Sea drift (reference book of Kerala in Malayalam language).In the early first decade of the twentieth century the Viceroy of the Indian Empire, Lord Curzon made a visit in the State to Alleppey, presently Alappuzha. Captivated by the beautiful magnificence of the place, he shouted,
Here nature has spent up on the land her most extravagant bounties. Alleppey, the Venice of the East. Kuttanad, the rice bowl of Kerala, with its paddy fields, little streams and trenches with rich green coconut palms, was notable even from the early times of the Sangam age. History says Alappuzha had exchange relations with Greece and Rome in the Middle Ages.
The early Cheras, who had their home in Kuttanad, were called 'Kuttuvans', so named after this place. Pliny and Ptolemy of the first and second hundreds of years had referenced spots like Purakkad or Barace in their traditional works.
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In the nineteenth century the region saw improvement in numerous circles. One of the five subordinate courts opened in the state regarding the rearrangement of the legal framework by Colonel George Monro was situated at Mavelikkara. The main mail station and first transmit office in the previous Travancore state were built up in this locale. The principal fabricating industrial facility for the coir mats was built up in 1859. In 1894 the city Improvement Committee was set up.
The region assumed a job in the opportunity battle of the nation. The battles of Punnapra and Vayalar in 1946 showed the general population against Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, who was Dewan of Travancore. This prompted Ramaswami Iyer's exit from the political scene of Travancore. A prevalent Ministry was shaped in Travancore on 24 March 1948 after India's freedom. Travancore and Cochin states were incorporated on 1 July 1949. This game plan proceeded until the development of Kerala State on 1 November 1956, under the States Reorganization Act 1956. The region appeared as a different authoritative unit on 1 August 1957Carved out of the past Kottayam and Quilon regions, Alappuzha(Alleppey) area was framed on seventeenth August, 1957 and comprised at first of seven taluks, in particular Cherthala, Ambalappuzha, Kuttanad, Thiruvalla, Chengannur, Karthikappally and Mavelikkara.
The name Alappuzha is gotten from the geological position and physical highlights of the place. It implies the land between the ocean and system of waterways streaming into it. The locale is limited on the north by Kochi and Kanayannur taluks of Ernakulam area, on the east by Vaikom, Kottayam and Changanassery taluks of Kottayam region and Thiruvalla, Kozhencherry and Adoor taluks of Pathanamthitta region, on the South by Kunnathur and Karunagappally taluks of Kollam region and on the west by Lakshadweep ocean.
The present Alappuzha area includes six taluks specifically Cherthala, Ambalappuzha, Kuttanad, Karthikappally, Chengannur and Mavelikkara. Add up to zone of this locale is 1414 sq. kms. The region head quarters is situated at Alappuzha.