Kerala means “Land of coconuts” as the illustrate this god’s own country is enriched with coconut trees.As per Myth Lord Parasurama, an avatar of Mahavishnu, threw his battle axe into the sea. As a result, the land of Kerala arose and was reclaimed from the waters..Before 14th centuary Kerala and Tamilnadu was a single region , commonly known as Tamilakam. In the early 14th centuary Kerala became a separate region, the ancient Cherans ruled this region and whose mother tongue was tamil. At that time capital for this kingdom was Vanchi. Cherans allied with pallavas to war agaist Chola and Pandya kingdoms.

A kerala indentity and malayalam evolved between 8th and 14th centuries. The Chera kings' were more keen trade so that merchants from West Asia and Southern Europe established coastal posts and settlements in Kerala. Jesus’s deciple Thomas the Apostle visited Kerala in 52 AD .According to history Jews first arrived in kerala in 573 BC, even today a handfull of Jewish people are living in cochin, mainly in Jews street.Although most of the Jews left Cochin, those who are staying here are reluctant to leave Kerala.Kerala by the 8th century AD Conflicts between the cities of Kozhikode and Kochi provided an opportunity for the Dutch to oust the Portuguese. In turn, the Dutch were ousted at the 1741 Battle of Colachel by Marthanda Varma of Travancore .

In 1766 the Mysore king Hyder Ali conquered nothern Kerala by capturing Kozhikode .In the late 17th century Hyder Ali’s son Tipu Sultan launched campaigns against the East India company, that resulted in two of the four Anglo-Mysore Wars. He ultimately ceded Malabar District and South Kanara to the Company in the 1790s. The Company then forged tributary alliances with Kochi (1791) and Travancore (1795). Malabar and South Kanara became part of the Madras Presidency.

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja, popularly known as the Lion of Kerala, was the king of the Kottayam Royal family (near Thalassery, Kannur district) of Malabar region in Kerala, India during the last decades of the 18th century. In their fight against Tipu Sultan, Pazhassi Raja had helped the British, but following the Mysore withdrawal, their relationship fell apart. His fight was not a freedom struggle, but was triggered by the British taxation rules and the first revolt happened between 1793 and 1797. He achieved the title Veera (brave) when he fought a guerilla war against British occupation with the able help of his loyal Kurichiyar tribe.

Velu Thampi was the Dalawa or Prime Minister of the Indian kingdom of Travancore between 1801 AD and 1809 AD during the reign of His Highness Maharajah Bala Rama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal. He is best known for being one of the earliest individuals to rebel against British supremacy in India. Velu Thampi then went to Kundara where he made his famous proclamation in January 1809 urging the people to fight the British. The proclamation had its effect and the whole country rose like one man against the British. This was now a desperate game being played by Velu Thampi. He exploited the religious orthodoxy of the people by making them believe the British were Christian missionaries.

Paliyath Achan is the name given to the oldest male member of the Paliam family, a Nair family from Kerala that figured prominently in the history of the region. In 1808, the British were trying to create divisions between the Raja of Kochi's men. They had succeeded in getting the support of Nadavarambu Kunhikrishna Menon. Paliath Govindan Achan was provoked by this.He took with him 600 Nair soldiers and attacked the Head Quarters of Colonel Macaulay, the British Resident . After the rebellion, the British deported him to Madras, where he was kept prisoner at Fort St. George for 12 years. He was then taken to Bombay and remained a prisoner there for 13 years, finally passing away at Benares. Paliath Govindan Achan was the last Paliath Achan to occupy the position of Prime Minister in the Kingdom of Cochin.

Sree Narayana Guru was born in August 1856 in Chempazhanthi near Trivandrum. In those days not only temples of God but temples of learning were also shut against the lower class people due to aitham (untouchability). They had to toil hard for their caste-Hindu masters with hardly any reward. They had to suffer a multitude of disabilities that broke the very backbone of their life. He was always agitated by a spiritual urge that induced him along with a fellow-spiritualist renowned as ‘Chattampi Swami’ . In those days, the foundation and consecration of a Hindu temple was the exclusive monopoly of the Brahmins. Sree Narayana’s first revolutionary act was the challenge thrown against this monopoly, by him consecrating temples. The great Guru Sree Narayana attained Samadhi on September 20, 1928. Thus physically Guru disappeared, but spiritually he lives forever in the minds of mankind .

In 1936, Chitra Thirunal Bala Rama Varma of Travancore issued the Temple Entry Proclamation that opened Hindu temples to all castes; Cochin and Malabar soon did likewise. It was one of the most revelutionary incident at that time.

After India gained its independence in 1947, Travancore and Cochin were merged to form Travancore-Cochin on July 1, 1949. On January 1, 1950 (Republic Day), Travancore-Cochin was recognised as a state. The Madras Presidency was organised to form Madras State several years prior, in 1947. Finally, the Government of India's November 1, 1956 States Reorganisation Act inaugurated the state of Kerala, incorporating Malabar district, Travancore-Cochin (excluding four southern taluks, which were merged with Tamil Nadu), and the taluk of Kasargod, South Kanara. A new legislative assembly was also created, for which elections were first held in 1957. These resulted in a communist-led government—one of the world's earliest—headed by E.M.S. Namboodiripad. Subsequent social reforms favoured tenants and labourers.As a result, living standards, education, and life expectancy improved dramatically.