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| 1 | 1795 | - 1795: Travancore became a princely state of British India, maintaining local autonomy in return for a fixed annual tribute to the British
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| 2 | 1816 | - 1816: C.M.S. College, Kottayam, the first college of India was established by the Church Missionary Society, England. Rev. Benjamin Bailey was the first principal of The College, COTTYM, as it was then called and spelt.
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| 3 | 1818 | - 1818: British control over most of India
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| 4 | 1821 | - 1821: Benjamin Bailey, a Jesuit priest, designed the first Malayalam metal types for the printing machine and started the first printing press in Kerala. From the basic 56 characters, he forged around 600 conjuncts in beautiful metal type. These letters adopted by Benjamin Bailey were in use for hundreds of years in Malayalam script until later when Herman Gundert designed and added several conjuncts.
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| 5 | 1841 | - 1841: The first complete Malayalam Bible was printed by Benjamin Bailey at Kottayam
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| 6 | 1846 | - 1846: Malayala Panchangam (Malayalam Almanac), first informal malayalam newspaper, was published.
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| 7 | 1847 | - 1847: Rajyasamacharam, considered as the first malayalam newspaper, was published by Herman Gundert.
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| 8 | 1857 | - 1857: India's First War of Independence, known as Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny
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| 9 | 1858 | - 1858: India comes under direct rule of the British crown after failed Indian mutiny
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| 10 | 1872 | - 1872: The first Malayalam-English dictionary was printed and published by Herman Gundert, the renowned German missionary and Malayalam scholar
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| 11 | 1873 | - 1873—1924: Mahakavi Kumaran Asan. Asan's chief works are Veena Puvu, Nalini, Leela, Sri Buddha Charitham, Prarodhanam, Chinthavishtayaya Sita, Duravastha, Chandala Bhikshuki, Karuna, etc.
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| 12 | 1878 | - 1878—1958: Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon. His outstanding works are Badhira Vilapam, Bandhanasthanaya Anirudhan, Oru Katha, Sishyanum Makanum, Magdalana Mariyam, Kochu Sita, Achanum Makalum, Sahitya Manjari, etc. He also translated Valmiki Ramayana and Rig Veda into Malayalam. Vallathol's efforts resulted in the revival of the art of Kathakali.
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| 13 | 1879 | - 1879—1949: Mahakavi Ullur S. Parameswara Iyer. Ullur's works include Umakeralam, Karna bhushanam, Pingala, Premasangitam, Kerala Sahitya Charitram, etc.
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| 14 | 1885 | - 1885: Indian National Congress founded as a forum for emerging nationalist feeling
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| 15 | 1887 | - 1887: The earliest Malayalam novel, Kundalatha, written by T. M. Appu Nedungadi was published
- 15 Apr 1887: Nasrani Deepika (currently Deepika), started as a fortnightly malayalam newspaper at Mannanam, Kottayam. It became a daily newspaper on 3 January, 1927.
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| 16 | 1889 | - 1889: Indulekha, the first malayalam novel par excellence by O. Chandu Menon, was published.
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| 17 | 1890 | - 22 Mar 1890: Malayala Manorama was started from Kottayam by Kandathil Varghese Mappillai as a weekly malayalam newspaper. This became a daily in 1928.
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