The elections in 1960 brought a coalition government — Indian National Congress (INC) and People’s Socialist Party, supported by the Muslim League — to power, but the turmoil between various factions in the parties continued, and the President’s rule was again imposed from the Centre in ...
More than half of Kerala’s residents, including most of the Malayalis, followHinduism. About one-fourth of the population practicesIslam, with the Moplah (Mapilla) people of theMalabar Coastconstituting the state’s largest Muslimcommunity. Christians, who account for nearly one-fifth of the ...