{"id":31360,"date":"2024-06-24T15:20:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T15:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/kerala-assembly-passes-resolution-to-rename-state-as-keralam-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T15:20:33","slug":"kerala-assembly-passes-resolution-to-rename-state-as-keralam-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/kerala-assembly-passes-resolution-to-rename-state-as-keralam-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerala Assembly Passes Resolution to Rename State as \u2018Keralam\u2019 &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"finalstyle\"><strong>Kerala:<\/strong> The Kerala State Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution to rename the state from \u2018Kerala\u2019 to \u2018Keralam\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, presented the resolution, highlighting the cultural and linguistic importance of the name change. The resolution was supported overwhelmingly by both the opposition and treasury benches.<\/p>\n<p>Initially adopted in August 2023, the resolution was reintroduced due to technicalities. CM Vijayan pointed out that \u2018Keralam\u2019 is the state\u2019s traditional name in Malayalam, which reflects its cultural legacy.<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that Indian states were historically formed on linguistic lines, and Kerala, established on November 1, 1956, shares this date with its linguistic heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The Assembly has now urged the Central government to formally acknowledge the change to \u2018Keralam\u2019 in the Constitution \u2018Keralam\u2019 in all languages, a move that significantly reinforces Kerala\u2019s linguistic and cultural identity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Kerala: The Kerala State Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution to rename the state from \u2018Kerala\u2019 to \u2018Keralam\u2019. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, presented the resolution, highlighting the cultural and linguistic importance of the name change. The resolution was supported overwhelmingly by both the opposition and treasury benches. Initially adopted in August 2023, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/pinarayi-assembly.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31361,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31360\/revisions\/31361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}