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VHP leaders held for disrupting Christmas celebration in Palakkad school • Dec. 22, 2024, 7:59 AM ET (The Hindu)
Four students killed after truck falls on them in Kerala’s Palakkad • Dec. 12, 2024, 7:36 AM ET (The Indian Express)
Furniture showroom gutted at Palakkad • Dec. 9, 2024, 8:18 AM ET (The Hindu)
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After Palakkad bypoll setback, open war in Kerala BJP, leaders snipe over candidate, campaign • Nov. 26, 2024, 12:54 AM ET (The Indian Express)
Palakkad, Kerala, India
Palakkad, Kerala, India

Palakkad, city, central Kerala state, southwestern India. The city lies on the Ponnani River in the Palghat Gap, a break in the Western Ghats range.

Palakkad’s location has always given the city strategic and commercial importance. It is a marketplace for grain, tobacco, textiles, and timber. Its industries include tobacco processing, rice milling, weaving, and light manufacturing. In Palakkad are Government Victoria College (established 1888) and an engineering college. Across the river, to the north, is the rail junction of Olavakod. The Palakkad fort, built by Hyder Ali of Mysore in 1766, was captured by the British temporarily in 1783 and permanently in 1790. Pop. (2001) city, 130,767; urban agglom., 197,369; (2011) city, 130,955; urban agglom., 295,333.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Maren Goldberg.