which are the pre independent colleges in Kerala?

Hello Rinshad!

Do you want to know the colleges that existed in the pre-independence era in Kerala?

Well, Kerala was ahead in the field of higher education before any other part of India.

The first university in the princely state of Travancore was the University of Travancore which was established under an Act promulgated by H.H. the Maharaja of Travancore, Sir Bala Rama Varma, in 1937. In school education also Travancore had progressed very much, with a large number of reputed government english high schools besides a large number of private schools maintained by Christian missionaries. ‘Cochin State’ was well ahead in literacy and school education, but it did not have any professional college before Independence. ‘Malabar’ was far behind in both school and college education. There were two government colleges at Palakkad and Thalasserry and two intermediate colleges at Kozhikkode under private management . The colleges both in Cochin and Malabar were affiliated to the University of Madras .

In 1949, after the merging of the princely states of Cochin and Travancore, the colleges in Cochin which were affiliated to the University of Madras also came under the University of Travancore. . On the eve of freedom the Nair Service Society (NSS) set up colleges at Changasnasserry, Pandalom, and Thiruvnanthapuram. The Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDPYogam) set up their first college in 1948 at Kollam. The Muslims also set up their first college in 1948 at Faroke near Kozhikkode. By the year 1950, the number of colleges in Travancore, Cochin, and Malabar rose to 54, registering rapid growth.

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