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Kannur Municipal Corporation

The Kannur Municipal Corporation is the municipal corporation that administers the city of Kannur, Kerala. Established in 2015, the Corporation's first mayor was E. P. Latha.[4] Kannur Corporation has two assembly constituencies – Kannur Assembly constituency and Azhikode Assembly constituency – both of which are part of the Kannur parliamentary constituency. The Corporation is headed by a Mayor and council, and manages 78.35 km2 of Kannur city, with a population of about 232,486 within that area.[5][6] Kannur Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town.

Kannur Municipal Corporation

കണ്ണൂർ നഗരസഭ
Kannur Municipal Corporation Logo
Emblem of Kannur Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
Founded2015 (2015)
Preceded byKannur Municipality
Leadership
Muslih Madathil [1], Indian Union Muslim League
since 2020
Adv. P Indira, Indian National Congress
since 2020
D. Saju[2]
Structure
Seats55
Political groups
  INC: 20 seats
  IUML: 14 seats
  CPI(M): 17 seats
  CPI: 2 seats
  BJP: 1 seat
  Independent: 1 seat
Committees
  • Finance Standing Committee
  • Development Standing Committee
  • Welfare Standing Committee
  • Health Standing Committee
  • Public Works Standing Committee
  • Town Planning Standing Committee
  • Tax Appeal Standing Committee
  • Education & Sports Standing Committee[3]
Length of term
5 YEARS
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2020
Next election
2025
Meeting place
Corporation Office, Kannur
Website
kannurcorporation.lsgkerala.gov.in/en

History

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Main article: History of Kannur
See also: Kolathunadu
 
Kannur Lighthouse

The ancient port of Naura, which is mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea as a port somewhere north of Muziris is identified with Kannur.[7] Ezhimala was the headquarters of a powerful kingdom who later became Mushika dynasty in the ancient period.[7] Kannur was an important trading centre in the 12th century, with active business connections with Persia and Arabia. In his book on travels (Il Milione), Marco Polo recounts his visit to the area in the mid 1290s. Other visitors included Faxian, the Buddhist pilgrim and Ibn Batuta, writer and historian of Tangiers. It served as the British military headquarters on India's west coast until 1887. Kannur Cantonment is the only cantonment board in Kerala. Kannur was the capital city of Kolathunadu, one of the four powerful kingdoms who ruled Kerala during the medieval period. Arakkal Kingdom and Chirakkal kingdom were two vassal kingdoms based in the city of Kannur. The port at Kozhikode held the superior economic and political position in medieval Kerala coast, while Kannur, Kollam, and Kochi, were commercially important secondary ports, where the traders from various parts of the world would gather.[8]

The Portuguese arrived at Kappad Kozhikode in 1498 during the Age of Discovery, thus opening a direct sea route from Europe to India.[9] The St. Angelo Fort at Kannur was built in 1505 by Dom Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of India. The Dutch captured the fort from the Portuguese in 1663. They modernized the fort and built the bastions Hollandia, Zeelandia, and Frieslandia that are the major features of the present structure. The original Portuguese fort was pulled down later. A painting of this fort and the fishing ferry behind it can be seen in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. The Dutch sold the fort to the king Ali Raja of Arakkal in 1772.

During the 17th century, Kannur was the capital city of the only Muslim Sultanate in the Malabar region - Arakkal.[10] Arakkal Kingdom and Chirakkal kingdom were two vassal kingdoms based in the city of Kannur. The Ali Rajas of Arakkal kingdom, near Kannur, who were the vassals of the Kolathiri, ruled over the Lakshadweep islands.[11] The island of Dharmadom near Kannur, along with Thalassery, was ceded to the East India Company as early as 1734, which were claimed by all of the Kolattu Rajas, Kottayam Rajas, and Arakkal Bibi in the late medieval period, where the British initiated a factory and English settlement following the cession.[12][13] The British conquered the fort Kannur in 1790 and used it as one of their major military stations on the Malabar Coast. During the British Raj, Kannur was part of the Madras presidency in the Malabar District.

 
A portrait of Kannur drawn in 1572, from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's atlas Civitates orbis terrarum, Volume I

Kannur municipality was formed on 1 November 1866 according to the Madras Act 10 of 1865 (Amendment of the Improvements in Towns act 1850)[14][15][16][17] of the British Indian Empire, making it the second oldest municipality in the state. The Kannur Municipal Corporation was created by merging the erstwhile Municipality of Kannur, and Panchayats of Pallikunnu, Puzhathi, Edakkad, Elayavoor, and Chelora in 2015.[18]

Revenue sources

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The following are the Income sources for the Corporation from the Central and State Government.[19][20][21]

Revenue from taxes

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Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.

  • Property tax.
  • Profession tax.
  • Entertainment tax.
  • Grants from Central and State Government like Goods and Services Tax.
  • Advertisement tax.

Revenue from non-tax sources

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Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation.

  • Water usage charges.
  • Fees from Documentation services.
  • Rent received from municipal property.
  • Funds from municipal bonds.

Members of the Corporation Council

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Skyline of Kannur city

Key

  INC   IUML   CPI(M)   CPI   BJP   Independent

Members of the Corporation Council[6]
Sl. No Ward Councillor Party Alliance
1 Palliyammoola Adv. Martin George[22] INC   UDF
2 Kunnav K. Seetha[23] CPI(M)   LDF
3 Kokkenpara A. Kunhambu[24] CPI(M)   LDF
4 Pallikunnu V. K. Shyju BJP   NDA
5 Talap Beebi .P .P IUML   UDF
6 Udayamkunnu Adv. Indira .P INC   UDF
7 Podikundu Sukanya. N CPI(M)   LDF
8 Kottali T. Raveendran CPI(M)   LDF
9 Athazhakunnu Kookkiri Rajesh INC   UDF
10 Kakkad Afsila. V. P IUML   UDF
11 Thulichery Sunisha .C INC   UDF
12 Kakkad North Panayan Usha IUML   UDF
13 Shadulipalli M. Sakundala IUML   UDF
14 Pallipram A. Umaiba[25] IUML   UDF
15 Varam Sreeja Aramban INC   UDF
16 Valiyannur Abdurrazak. K. P IUML   UDF
17 Chelora Pradeepan. K CPI(M)   LDF
18 Macheri ameen muthalam INC   UDF
19 Pallippoyil Mini Anilkumar INC   UDF
20 Kappad K. Nirmala CPI(M)   LDF
21 Elayavoor North P. P. Valsalan CPI(M)   LDF
22 Elayavoor South Dhanesh Mohan CPI(M)   LDF
23 Mundayad Shahina Moideen INC   UDF
24 Edachovva N. Usha CPI   LDF
25 Athirakam E. T. Savithri CPI(M)   LDF
26 Kappicheri K. M. Sarasa CPI(M)   LDF
27 Melechovva Prakashan Payyanadan INC   UDF
28 Thazhechovva S. Shaheeda CPI(M)   LDF
29 Keezhuthalli P. K. Sajesh Kumar INC   UDF
30 Thilanoor K. P. Rajani CPI(M)   LDF
31 Attadappa V. Balakrishnan INC   UDF
32 Chala Adv. T. O. Mohanan INC   UDF
33 Edakkad K. V. Savitha CPI(M)   LDF
34 Ezhara Firoza Hashim IUML   UDF
35 Alingeel P. K. Ragesh INC   UDF
36 Keezhunna Krishnakumar. P. V INC   UDF
37 Thottada Bijoy Thayyil INC   UDF
38 Adikadalayi Anitha. K. V CPI   LDF
39 Kuruva K. N. Mini CPI(M)   LDF
40 Padanna Sayed Ziyad Thangal IUML   UDF
41 Vethilapally Azeema. C. H INC   UDF
42 Neerchal Muslih Madathil IUML   UDF
43 Arakkal Ashraf Chittulli IUML   UDF
44 Chovva C. K. Padmaja CPI(M)   LDF
45 Thana K. Shabeena IUML   UDF
46 South Bazar Adv. P. K. Anwar CPI(M)   LDF
47 Temple M. P. Rajesh INC   UDF
48 Thayatheru Suresh Babu Elayavoor INC   UDF
49 Kazanakotta Shameema Teacher IUML   UDF
50 Ayikkara K. M. Sabira Teacher IUML   UDF
51 Kanathur Suresh. K Ind.   OTH
52 Thalikavu Adv. Chithira Sasidharan CPI(M)   LDF
53 Payyambalam P. V. Jayasooryan INC   UDF
54 Chalad K. P. Rashid IUML   UDF
55 Panjikayil Anitha. K. P INC   UDF

Election results

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Kannur Municipal Corporation Election 2020

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Kannur Municipal Corporation Election 2020[26]
S.No. Party Name Party symbol Number of Councillors
01 UDF   34
02 LDF   19
03 BJP   01
04 Independents   01

Kannur Municipal Corporation Election 2015

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Kannur Municipal Corporation Election 2015[27]
S.No. Party Name Party symbol Number of Councillors
01 UDF   27
02 LDF   27
03 Independents   01

Mayors of Kannur

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Mayors of Kannur
From Until Incumbent Party
November 2015 September 2019 E. P. Latha Communist Party of India (Marxist)
September 2019 July 2020 Suma Balakrishnan Indian National Congress
July 2020 December 2020 C. Seenath Indian Union Muslim League
December 2020 Incumbent Adv. T. O. Mohanan Indian National Congress
Source(s):[28][29]

Deputy Mayors

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Deputy Mayors of Kannur
From Until Incumbent Party
November 2015 December 2020 P. K. Ragesh Independent
December 2020 Incumbent K. Shabeena Indian Union Muslim League
Source(s):[28][29][30]

References

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  8. ^ The Portuguese, Indian Ocean and European Bridgeheads 1500–1800. Festschrift in Honour of Prof. K. S. Mathew (2001). Edited by: Pius Malekandathil and T. Jamal Mohammed. Fundacoa Oriente. Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities of MESHAR (Kerala)
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  21. ^ "If cities are to deliver better quality life, need to have business models which are sustainable". Financialexpress. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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