The eponymous hero of Balan Pillai City no more
The Hindu
Nondescript place in Idukki named after the teashop owner is a town now
How a teashop owner’s name came to identify a place that later became a town is the story of Balan Pillai, 96, who died at Mathirapally Varun Nivas in Alappuzha on Wednesday. Balan Pillai City is a town near Nedumkandam in Idukki. Though Balan Pillai had moved to Alappuzha years back, the name of the place remained. The story of Balan Pillai is connected to Kallar Pattom Colony, the first colony set up by the State in the Idukki high range as part of the Grow More Food Scheme in 1955.
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