Pozhuthana
Grama Panchayat

The history of Pozhuthana is rooted in its ancient allegiance to the Kottayam royal lineage and later shaped by the military movements of Tipu Sultan, with its very name derived from the local phrase "Evideyum Puzha Thanne" due to its abundant flowing rivers. In the 18th and 19th centuries, massive tracts of forest land were leased out by local feudal families to British companies, transforming the landscape into sprawling tea and coffee estates that drew a diverse workforce, including refugees from the 1921 Malabar Rebellion and laborers from neighboring states. The year 1957 marked a major turning point when the first Kerala Ministry's agrarian reforms, combined with a historic local labor strike, dismantled large landlord estates and decentralized land ownership. Community development accelerated alongside...