Tirur is a small beautiful coastal town in Malapuram district of Kerala,[south India]. It is one of the important business centres of Malappuram district. It is 41 Kms. south of Kozhikode, on the Mangalore-Madras railway line. It is a major trading center of fish and betel.

Tirur is also part of the first laid railroad in Kerala, and hence historically significant. The birth place of Thunchan Ramanujan Ezhuthchan, the founder of Malayalam, [Thunchan Parambu] is also in Tirur

Tirur is a witness for the heart breaking 'wagon tragedy' of the 1921 rebellion as the British police carried 70 revolutionists in a fully closed airtight train wagon to pothanur in 1921 and thus killed more than fifty persons by asphyxation.The wagons were returned with the dead bodies to Tirur. These bodies were laid to rest in Khabristan of the mosque nearby. Tirur Municipality has built a town hall in memory of the Wagon Tragedy, where you will find a real size train wagon built right next to the building.

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