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Travancore-Cochin or Thiru-Kochi is a former state
States and territories of India

India is a Federal_republic union of states comprising twenty-eight State s and seven Union Territory. The states and territories are further Subdivisions of India into districts and so on....
 of India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. It was created on July 1 1949 by the merger of two former princely state
Princely state

For other uses, see Principality, Princely state#Other princely statesA Princely State was a nominally sovereign entity of British rule in India that was not directly administered by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy....
s, the kingdoms of Travancore
Travancore

Travancore or Thiruvithaamkoor was a Indian Princely State in India under the British Raj, with its capital at Thiruvananthapuram ruled by the Travancore Royal Family.The name Thiruvithankoor might be derived from Thiruvithankode where the capital Padmanabhapuram was situated....
 and Cochin
Kingdom of Cochin

The Kingdom of Cochin or Kochi was a former state that included much of Thrissur district, Chittoor Taluk of Palakkad district and Kanayannur & Fort Kochi Taluks of Ernakulam district in what is now the Indian state of Kerala....
.

On July 1 1949 A.D., the State of Travancore-Cochin
Travancore-Cochin

Travancore-Cochin or Thiru-Kochi is a former states and territories of India of India. It was created on July 1 1949 by the merger of two former princely states, the kingdoms of Travancore and Kingdom of Cochin....
 was established, with Trivandrum as the capital and the Maharajah of Travancore as the Rajapramukh of the new State.






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Travancore-Cochin or Thiru-Kochi is a former state
States and territories of India

India is a Federal_republic union of states comprising twenty-eight State s and seven Union Territory. The states and territories are further Subdivisions of India into districts and so on....
 of India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. It was created on July 1 1949 by the merger of two former princely state
Princely state

For other uses, see Principality, Princely state#Other princely statesA Princely State was a nominally sovereign entity of British rule in India that was not directly administered by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy....
s, the kingdoms of Travancore
Travancore

Travancore or Thiruvithaamkoor was a Indian Princely State in India under the British Raj, with its capital at Thiruvananthapuram ruled by the Travancore Royal Family.The name Thiruvithankoor might be derived from Thiruvithankode where the capital Padmanabhapuram was situated....
 and Cochin
Kingdom of Cochin

The Kingdom of Cochin or Kochi was a former state that included much of Thrissur district, Chittoor Taluk of Palakkad district and Kanayannur & Fort Kochi Taluks of Ernakulam district in what is now the Indian state of Kerala....
.

Madras Prov 1859
On July 1 1949 A.D., the State of Travancore-Cochin
Travancore-Cochin

Travancore-Cochin or Thiru-Kochi is a former states and territories of India of India. It was created on July 1 1949 by the merger of two former princely states, the kingdoms of Travancore and Kingdom of Cochin....
 was established, with Trivandrum as the capital and the Maharajah of Travancore as the Rajapramukh of the new State. Elections were held and Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
Pattom A. Thanu Pillai

Pattom A. Thanu Pillai was a participant in the Indian independence movement who later served as the Chief Minister of Kerala from February 22, 1960 to September 25, 1962....
 was elected as the Chief Minister of the Thiru_Kochi state. In A.D. 1954, the Travancore Tamilnadu Congress launched a campaign for the merger of the Tamil speaking regions of Southern Travancore with the neighbouring area of Madras. The agitation took a violent turn and some police and many local people were killed at Marthandam
Marthandam

Martandam is the second biggest town next to Nagercoil and also a major trade centre across National Highway 47 in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India, at the border with Kerala....
 and Puthukkada, irrepairably alienating the entire Tamil speaking population from merger into Kerala. Under the State Reorganisation Act of 1956, the four southern taluks of Travancore, namely Thovalai
Thovalai

Thovalai is a small village located in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, is famous for flowers. The flower market situated at this village is exporting all varieties of flowers to many places....
, Agasteeswaram, Kalkulam and Vilavancode and a part of the Chencotta Taluk was merged with Madras state.

On November 1 1956, it was joined with Malabar District
Malabar District

Malabar District was an administrative district of British India and independent India's Madras State. The British district included the present-day districts of Kannur District, Kozhikode District, Wayanad, Malappuram District, Palakkad District , and Chavakad Taluk of Thrissur District in the northern part of Kerala state....
 of Madras State
Madras Presidency

Madras Presidency , also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. George, was a province of British India....
 to form the new state of Kerala
Kerala

Kerala is a Indian Union States and territories of India located in the southwestern part of India. With an Arabian Sea coastline on the west, it is bordered on the north by Karnataka and by Tamil Nadu on the south and east....
, with a Governor, appointed by the President of India
President of India

The President of India or Rashtrapati is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Military of India....
, as the head of the state instead of the Maharajah.