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On 12 August 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Keralam. The result of the discussion was not moved.

can you add this photo of Thiyyar Regiment, a regiment raised from native indians which consisted of only Thiyyar warriors , centred at Thalassery, Malabar,Kerala Thiyyar Soldiers of The Thiyyar Regiment in The British Indian Army in colonial-era of History section?

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News reference from The Hindu : https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-assembly-unanimously-passes-resolution-to-change-official-name-of-state-to-keralam/article67175490.ece

Kerala Assembly unanimously passes resolution to change official name of State to ‘Keralam’.

Also, the name of the state in Malayalam is Keralam and not kerala. Kerala is some englished version of the name Keralam. In all malayalam texts it is keralam.

As this is officially made, It should be changed here as well Afv12e ( talk) 04:23, 11 August 2023 (UTC) reply

  Not done: page move requests should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves. — Paper9oll ( 🔔 • 📝) 08:27, 11 August 2023 (UTC) reply

The name of Wikipedia article allahabad is changed to Prayagraj once government changed the name officially. Why not this is happening for Kerala to Keralam in Wikipedia ? Afv12e ( talk) 03:53, 14 August 2023 (UTC) reply

Because the name is not changed. After the name change, it needs to fulfil WP:NAMECHANGES criteria — DaxServer ( t · m · e · c) 07:48, 14 August 2023 (UTC) reply

There is a claim seen that Kera came from Chera. Chera is the Malayalam word for Rat snake. And it is also seen that Kere is word for Rat snake in Kannada or some other Canara language. Check 117.221.183.140 ( talk) 07:43, 30 November 2023 (UTC) reply

Are you proposing any change to the article or presenting an original research fact? If the latter, this is not the place for that. Thanks. The Herald (Benison) ( talk) 09:20, 30 November 2023 (UTC) reply

I will be undertaking a significant cleanup of this article before it loses its GA status. I will remove a few irrelevant, vague, and non-encyclopedic elements from the article. Thanks 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS  ^🍁 09:26, 8 January 2024 (UTC) reply