Malabar region Chittur taluks) and some parts of Thrissur (Chavakkad Taluk). The administrative headquarters was at Calicut (Kozhikode). With India's independence, Madras presidency became Madras State, which was divided along linguistic lines on 1 November 1956, whereupon Kasaragod region was merged with the Malabar immediately to the north and the state of Travancore-Cochin to the south to form the state of Kerala. Prior to that, Kasaragod was a part of South Canara district of Madras Presidency. The Malabar rainforests include these ecoregions recognized by biogeographers: The Monsooned Malabar coffee bean comes from this area. Malabar region Malabar region refers to the historic
Malabar Settlement in the area but have virtually disappeared with the removal of the native forests. Opossum (of the order "Didelphimorphia") and mongoose("Herpestidae") currently co - exist with the district's human residents. The Arima's Larry Gomes Stadium is located in Malabar. The Malabar settlement has a community centre, and a judicial complex is underway Malabar Settlement Malabar is a diverse neighborhood in South Arima, in Trinidad and Tobago. It is noted for middle class housing. Its boundaries are marked by Omeara Road to the west, Tumpuna Road to the east, the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway to the south and Pro Queen Street to the