[citation needed] There is a proposed railway line from Angamaly to Sabarimala, which will connect the high-ranges with the low land.

St. Thomas, the Apostle who was deputed to the region by Jesus Christ came via Angadikadavu in Angamaly using Manjali Thodu to come from Kodungaloor port at AD 58.

[7] It was the headquarters of Mar Abraham, Assyrian-Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Angamaly and All India (Hendo) in the, sixteenth century.

[8] Originally established as a panchayat in May 1952, Angamaly became a municipality in April 1978 and is also a Legislative Assembly constituency from 1965 in the Ernakulam district.

Seven people were killed resulting in the intensification of Vimochana Samaram, a protest against the then communist led government.