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'''''Britannica Malayalam Encyclopedia'''''<ref>{{cite web |title=Britannica Malayalam Encyclopedia 3 Vol|url=https://www.sapnaonline.com/books/britannica-malayalam-encyclopedia-3-volumes-group-authors-8126406216-9788126406210 |website=Sapnaonline.com}}</ref> (also known as ''Malayalam Britannica'' and ''Malayalam Encyclopedia'') is a reference work in the [[Malayalam]] language. Its content is in large part a translation of the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica|Britannica Concise Encyclopædia]]''.<ref name="hindu">{{cite web |title=Britannica in Malayalam |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/09/20/stories/2002092001770200.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=September 20, 2002}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="the hindu2"/><br />
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While it won an award from the [[Federation of Indian Publishers]] in 2004,<ref name="the hindu2">{{cite web |title=Encyclopaedia Britannica wins awards |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/02/19/stories/2004021901520400.htm |website=[[The Hindu Businessline]] |date=February 18, 2004}}</ref> a [[Consumer Court]] banned the sale of the book because it was found to be an erroneous reference with many factual errors. The court also found that there was [[unfair trade practice]] on the part of the publishers, which are [[DC Books]], [[Kerala]] and [[Encyclopædia Britannica India]] Pvt.Ltd, a subsidiary of [[Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=George |first1=Sanu |title=Errors in Encyclopaedia Britannica in Malayalam |url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/040810/43/2fffq.html |website=[[Yahoo News]] |publisher=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060115095834/http://in.news.yahoo.com/040810/43/2fffq.html |archivedate=15 January 2006 |date=August 8, 2004}}</ref><br />
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* [http://opac.ssus.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=au:%22Theodore%20Pappus%20%20(ed.)%22 Encyclopaedia Britannica: Malayalam] listed at [[Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit]] library<br />
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