Travancore-Cochin
Travancore-Cochin or Tiru-Kocci (Malayalam: തിരു-കൊച്ചി) was a short lived former state of India (1949–1956). It was created on 1 July 1949 by the merger of two former Princely States, the kingdoms of Travancore and Cochin with Trivandrum as the capital. Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai, the Congress Prime Minister of Travancore, became the Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin. First elections were held in 1951 and A. J. John, Anaparambil from Congress party was elected as the Chief Minister, ruling until 1954.[1]
The ruler of Travancore was appointed as the governor (known as "Rajpramukh") of Travancore-Cochin. The ruler of Cochin was offered to be addressed as "Uparajpramukh", but he refused and demanded the tile "Valiya Tampuran" to the eldest member of Cochin Royal Family.[2] While Pattom A. Thanu Pillai was the Praja Socialist Party Chief minister in 1954, Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress launched a campaign for the merger of the Tamil-speaking regions of Southern Travancore with the neighbouring area of Madras state. The agitation took a violent turn and civilians and local police were killed at Marthandam and Puthukkada, irreparably alienating the entire Tamil-speaking population from merger into Travancore-Cochin.
Under State Reorganisation Act of 1956, the four southern taluks of Travancore, namely Thovalai, Agasteeswaram, Kalkulam and Vilavancode and a part of the Chencotta Taluk was merged with Madras state. On 1 November 1956 Travancore-Cochin was joined with Malabar District of Madras state to form the new state of Kerala, with a governor, appointed by the President of India, as the head of the state instead of "Rajpramukh".
| Chief Minister | Took office | Left office | Term | Party | Region came from | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai | 1 July 1949 | January, 1951 | 1 | Indian National Congress | Travancore | |
| 2 | C. Kesavan | January, 1951 | 12 March 1952 | 1 | Indian National Congress | Travancore | |
| 3 | A. J. John, Anaparambil | 12 March 1952 | 16 March 1954 | 1 | Indian National Congress | Travancore | |
| 4 | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | 16 March 1954 | 10 February 1955 | 1 | Praja Socialist Party | Travancore | |
| 5 | Panampilly Govinda Menon | 10 February 1955 | 23 March 1956 | 1 | Indian National Congress | Cochin | |
| President's rule | 23 March 1956 | 5 April 1957 | |||||
[edit] References
- ^ A. J. John, Anaparambil
- ^ "Glimpses of a historic moment". New Indian Express. New Indian Express. http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?title=Glimpses%20of%20a%20historic%20moment&artid=M1Tck6iJjJE=&type=.
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