<P> Lord Brown of east India Company Started a system of keeping a record of Land transactions done by him to open Anjarakandy Cinnamon estate triggered opening up of a new Department of Land Registration in British Government in Asia region, This Land Registrar's office is located at Anjarakandy in a 242 - year - old building built in 1767 (3) (4) </P> <P> Onakkan Menon was born in Ancharakandy, in a famous thiyya tharavad,' Kalathil Uppot' in the year ME - 1071 . He studied Kathakali from Manakkadan Kunhambu Gurikkal's kathakaliyogam at Eranholi, Thalassery . The name of his teacher was Manakkadan Kunhambu Gurikkal . Onakkan Menon practiced kathakali several years in Eranholi and began to teach kathakali . Then he conducted his own kathakali yogam in his homeplace Ancharakandy and taught kathakali for the students belong to thiyya community . Unfortunately this kathakali yogam existed for a short period only . The subcast' menon' is considered as an upper caste community name . Onakkan Menon did not belong to Menon community . His family was engaged in the job of' Amsam Menon' . So the entire family was known as' Menon ". Onakkan Menon died in the year ME - 1096 . </P> <P> The Kannur medical college is super-specialty hospital . </P> <P> One of the best High school in the state of Kerala (Anjarakandy High school) is also located in Anjarakandy . </P>

The british established spice plantation in kerala at ancharakandi