HISTORY OF KERALA

THERE WERE THREE ADMINISTRATION RULED THIS REGION AT THE TIME OF INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE .THEY WERE PRINCELY STATES TRAVANCORE AND COCHIN.THE THIRD WAS MALABAR WHICH WAS UNDER THE DIRECT ADMINISTRTION OF THE BRITISH..

INDEPENDENT INDIA AMALGAMATED THE SMALL STATES TOGETHER SO AS TO MAKE THEM VIABLE ADMINISTRTIVE UNITS .ACCORDINGLY TRAVANCORE AND COCHIN STATES WERE INTEGRATED TO FORM TRAVANCORE -COCHIN STATE ON JULY 1 ,1949. MALABAR REMAINED AS PART OF THE MADRAS PROVINCE.

UNDER THE STATES RE-ORGANIZATION ACT OF 1956 ,TRAVANCORE -COCHIN STATES AND MALABAR WERE UNITED TO FORM THE STATE OF KERALA ON 1ST NOVEMBER 1956.

THE STATE RE- ORGANIZATION DEMANDED SOME TRRITORIAL ADJUSTMENT. AS PER THIS ADJUSTMENT KERALA LOST TO MADRAS (NOW TAMIL NADU) THE TALUK OF TOVALA ,AGASTHEESWARAM,KALKULAM AND VILAVANCODE IN THE FAR SOUTH AND SHENCOTTA IN THE EAST.

KERALA GAINED THE MALABAR DISTRICT AND THE KASARGOD TALUK OF SOUTH KANARA DISTRICT IN THE NORTH.

THE LACCADIVE MINICOY AND AMINIDIVI ISLAND LYING OFF THE COAST OF MALABAR WERE DETACHED FROM KERALA AND DECLARED AS UNION TERRITORY................................................................................................
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