1st Muslim woman in North Kerala to get English education dies at 95

Maliyekkal Mariyumma, first Muslim woman in North Kerala to get English education, passed away aged 95 on Friday in Kannur district. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed grief over her death. "We have lost a person who had left her indelible footprints along with the history of Thalassery....Her death plunges a generation and a region into grief," the Chief Minister said.