ImageUrl=hotelimages/uploads/92120131152348353428.jpg' alt='Ancient Software International Ltd Hyderabad Map' title='Ancient Software International Ltd Hyderabad Map' />Thiruvananthapuram Wikipedia. Thiruvananthapuram. Trivandrum. Metropolis. Nicknames The Evergreen City of India1Coordinates 0. N7. 65. 79E 8. N 7. E 8. Coordinates 0. N7. 65. 79E 8. N 7. E 8. Country India. State. Kerala. District. Thiruvananthapuram. Founded by. Marthanda Varma. Government  Type. Municipal Corporation  Body. Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation  Mayor. V K Prasanth2  Deputy Mayor. Rakhi Ravikumar  Police Commissioner. G Sparjan Kumar IPS3  Member of Parliament. Shashi Tharoor. Area45  Metropolis. Metro. 2,2. 00 km. Elevation. 10 m 3. Population 2. 01. Metropolis. 95. 7,7. Tempe, Ariz. 16 November, 2017 Artesyn Embedded Technologies, a global leader in highly reliable and available embedded computer systems, today announced a. Ancient India. 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Sainik School Ghorakhal Nainital, Admission 201718, Fees, Reviews, Address, Admission Procedure, Process, Fee Structure, Ranking, Form, Address, Contact Details. DemonymsTrivandrian. Languages  Official Language. Malayalam, English7Time zone. IST UTC5 3. 0Postal Index Number. XXXArea codes0. Vehicle registration. KL 0. 1, KL 1. 6, KL 1. KL 2. 0, KL 2. 1, KL 2. KL 7. 4HDIHigh. Climate. Vista Remix Xp 2 0 Download Speed. AmAwKppenWebsitewww. Thiruvananthapuram IPA tirunntpurm  listen, also known as Trivandrum, is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Kerala. The city has a population of 9. Kerala. Thiruvananthapuram is a major IT hub in India and contributes 8. Keralas software exports. The Technopark, Trivandrum is the largest Information Technology park in Asia in terms of area. Thiruvananthapuram is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland. Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the Evergreen city of India,1. It is classified as a tier 2 city by the government of India. Gmail is email thats intuitive, efficient, and useful. GB of storage, less spam, and mobile access. The worlds richest temple Padmanabhaswamy Temple is located here. It was ruled by the Ays and was captured by the rulers of Venad in the 1. In the late 1. 7th century, Marthanda Varma who inherited the Kingdom of Venad expanded the kingdom by conquering kingdoms of Attingal, Kollam, Kayamkulam, Kottarakara, Kottayam, Changanassery, Meenachil, Poonjar and Ambalapuzha. In 1. 74. 1 Marthanda Varma defeated the Dutch in the Battle of Colachel. In 1. 74. 5, he shifted the capital of Travancore from Padmanabhapuram to Thiruvananthapuram. The kingdom of Travancore was dedicated by Marthanda Varma to the deity Sri. Padmanabha Lord Vishnu. The rulers of Travancore ruled the kingdom as the servants of Sri. Padmanabha. 1. 5Thiruvananthapuram holds most number of schools and colleges in the state often called as the educational hub of Kerala. It is an academic and research focal point in the country with an array of premier institutions such as Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, St Thomas schools, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, National Institute For Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Centre for Development Studies, Kerala Technical University, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Regional Cancer Centre, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, and the National Centre for Earth Science Studies. The city is home to venerable media institutions like Toonz India Ltd and Tata Elxsi Ltd. Thiruvananthapuram is also home to Chitranjali Film Studio, one of the first film studios in Malayalam Cinema located at Thiruvallam and Kinfra Film and Video Park at Kazhakoottom which is Indias first Infotainment Industrial park and the most advanced film and animation production facilities in India. Being Indias largest city in the deep south, it is strategically prominent and hosts the Southern Air Command headquarters of the Indian Air Force, the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station and the upcoming Vizhinjam International Deepwater Motherport. Thiruvananthapuram is a major tourist centre, known for the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, the beaches of Kovalam and Varkala, the backwaters of Poovar and Anchuthengu and its Western Ghats tracts of Ponmudi and the Agastyamala. The city is ranked among the best cities to live in India. The city is also ranked as the best governed city in India. EtymologyeditThe city gets its name from the MalayalamTamil word thiru anantha puram. IPA tirunntpurm  listen, meaning The City of Lord Ananta,2. Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple located in the city. Thiruvananthapuram is also known in literature and popular reference as Ananthapuri derived from the Sanskrit word Syanandurapuram, meaning The City of Bliss in Carnatic kirtanas composed by Swathi Thirunal, erstwhile Maharaja of Travancore. The city was officially referred to as Trivandrum until 1. Thiruvananthapuram. HistoryeditThiruvananthapuram is an ancient region with trading traditions dating back to 1. BCE. 2. 32. 4 It is believed that the ships of King Solomon landed in a port called Ophir now Poovar in Thiruvananthapuram in 1. BCE. 2. 52. 6 The city was the trading post of spices, sandalwood and ivory. However, the ancient political and cultural history of the city was almost entirely independent from that of the rest of Kerala. The early rulers of the city were the Ays. With their fall in the 1. Venad. 2. 8In 1. Marthanda Varma founded the princely state of Thiruvithamkoor and Thiruvananthapuram was made the capital in 1. Padmanabhapuram in Kanyakumari district. The city developed into a major intellectual and artistic centre during this period. The golden age in the citys history was during the mid 1. Maharaja Swathi Thirunal and Maharaja Ayilyam Thirunal. This era saw the establishment of the first English school 1. Observatory 1. 83. General Hospital 1. Oriental Research Institute Manuscripts Library and the University College 1. The first mental hospital in the state was started during the same period. Sanskrit College, Ayurveda College, Law College and a second grade college for women were started by Moolam Thirunal 1. The early 2. 0th century was an age of tremendous political and social changes in the city. The Sree Moolam Assembly, established in 1. Indian state. 3. 1 Despite not being under direct control of the British Empire at any time, the city featured prominently in Indias freedom struggle. The Indian National Congress had a very active presence in Thiruvananthapuram. A meeting of the Indian National Congress presided by Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah was held here in 1. The Thiruvananthapuram Municipality came into existence in 1. The municipality was converted into a Corporation on 3. October 1. 94. 0, during the period of Chitra Thirunal Bala Rama Varma, who took over in 1. The city witnessed many sided progress during his period. The promulgation of Temple Entry Proclamation 1. This era also saw the establishment of the University of Travancore in 1. Kerala University. With the end of the British rule in 1. Travancore chose to join the Indian union. The first popular ministry headed by Pattom Thanu Pillai was installed in office on 2. March 1. 94. 8. In 1. Thiruvananthapuram became the capital of Thiru Kochi, the state formed by the integration of Travancore with its northern neighbour Kochi. The king of Travancore, Chitra Thirunal Bala Rama Varma, became the Rajpramukh of the Travancore Cochin Union from 1 July 1. October 1. 95. 6. When the state of Kerala was formed on 1 November 1. Thiruvananthapuram became its capital. With the establishment of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station TERLS in 1. Thiruvananthapuram became the cradle of Indias ambitious space programme.