Travancore–Cochin
United State of Travancore and Cochin (1949–1950) State of Travancore–Cochin (1950–1956) | |||||||||||||
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| 1949–1956 | |||||||||||||
Travancore-Cochin in India, 1951 | |||||||||||||
| Status | State | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Trivandrum | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Malayalam, Tamil | ||||||||||||
| Rajpramukh | |||||||||||||
• 1949–1956 | Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma | ||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1949–1951 | Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai | ||||||||||||
• 1951–1952 | C. Kesavan | ||||||||||||
• 1952–1954 | A. J. John | ||||||||||||
• 1954–1955 | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | ||||||||||||
• 1955–1956 | Panampilly Govinda Menon | ||||||||||||
| State | |||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Merger of Two Kingdoms | 1 July 1949 | ||||||||||||
• Merger to Kerala and Madras State | 1956 | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1949 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Indian rupee (₹) | ||||||||||||
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Travancore–Cochin, officially the United State of Travancore and Cochin and later the State of Travancore–Cochin, was a short-lived state of India. It was formed through the merger of two former kingdoms, Travancore and Cochin on 1 July 1949. Its original capital was Trivandrum.
The five Tamil-majority Taluks of Vilavancode, Kalkulam, Thovalai, Agastheeswaram, and Sengottai were transferred from Travancore-Cochin to Madras State in 1956. The Malayalam-speaking regions of the Travancore–Cochin merged with the Malabar District (excluding Laccadive & Minicoy Islands) and the Kasaragod Taluk of South Canara district in Madras State to form the modern Malayalam-state of Kerala on 1 November 1956, according to the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 passed by the Government of India.