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Mangalam Panchayat, which was part of the erstwhile Vettam princely state, holds the cultural status of "the light of the country" as the epicenter of Malayalam language and culture. This area, which was under the rule of the Zamorin, still bears the historical memories of the Kathakali reformer Vettam Raja and the campaigns of Tipu Sultan. Mangalam, which played a valiant role in the anti-British struggles, is notable for the family roots of Muhammad Abdur Rahman Sahib and for its active presence in the Malabar Rebellion of 1921. This area, which hosted the first branch of the Muslim League in Malabar in 1936, also contributed leading fighters of the Khilafat movement. From water transport that depended on the Connolly Canal and the Tirur-Ponnani River, the area took a step towards modern road transport with...