Mysore State

Mysore State was a state within the Dominion and the later Republic of India from its formation in 1947, out of the territories of the Kingdom of Mysore, until 1956[1] with Bangalore as its capital. The state was considerably enlarged in 1956 when it became a linguistically homogeneous Kannada speaking state[2] within the Union of India. It was subsequently renamed as the state of Karnataka.

This article is about the state of the Indian Union. For the princely state during the British Raj, see Kingdom of Mysore. For the current state of India, see Karnataka (state).

Mysore State
State of India
1947–1973
Coat of arms

Mysore State, 1951
History 
• Accession of the Kingdom of Mysore to the Indian Union
9 August 1947
• Renamed Karnataka State
1 November 1973
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Kingdom of Mysore
Karnataka
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History

The Kingdom of Mysore /maɪˈsɔːr/ was one of the three largest princely states within the former British Empire of India. Upon India's independence from Britain in 1947, Maharaja of Mysore Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar signed the instrument of accession, incorporating his realm with the Union of India, on 15 August 1947. The territories of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore were then reconstituted into a state within the Union of India.[3]

Map of Southern India before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956)

In 1956, the Government of India effected a comprehensive re-organisation of provincial boundaries, based upon the principle of shared language. As a result of the States Reorganisation Act on 1 November 1956, the Kannada-speaking districts of Belgaum (except Chandgad taluk), Bijapur, Dharwar, and North Canara were transferred from Bombay State to Mysore State.[4] Bellary district was transferred from Andhra State. South Canara was transferred from Madras State and the Koppal, Raichur, Gulbarga and Bidar districts from Hyderabad State. Also, the small Coorg State was merged, becoming a district of Mysore State.[5][6] The state was renamed Karnataka on November 1, 1973.[7]

Governors
From To Officeholder
Maharajas of the Kingdom of Mysore
Maharaja of Mysore
Rajpramukhs of Old Mysore State
15 Aug 1947 1 Nov 1956 Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar (b. 1919 – d. 1974)
Governors of Unified Mysore State
1 Nov 1956 4 May 1964 Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar
4 May 1964 2 Apr 1965 Satyavant Mallannah Srinagesh (b. 1903 – d. 1977)
2 Apr 1965 13 May 1967 Vaharagiri Venkata Giri (b. 1894 – d. 1980)
13 May 1967 30 Aug 1969 Gopal Swarup Pathak (b. 1896 – d. 1982)
30 Aug 1969 22 Oct 1969 A.R. Somnath Iyer
23 Oct 1969 1 Feb 1972 Dharma Vira (b. 1906 – d. 2000)
1 Feb 1972 10 Jan 1976 Mohan Lal Sukhadia (b. 1916 – d. 1982)
Governors of Karnataka State
Governors of Karnataka
Unified Mysore State 1956

Chief Ministers
From To Officeholder Political Party
Diwans of the Kingdom of Mysore
Diwan of Mysore
Chief Ministers of Old Mysore State
1946 25 Oct 1947 Diwan Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar (b. 1887 – d. 1976) NA
25 Oct 1947 30 Mar 1952 Kysasambally Chengalaraya Reddy (b. 1902 – d. 1976) INC
30 Mar 1952 19 Aug 1956 Kengal Hanumanthaiah (b. 1908 – d. 1980)
19 Aug 1956 1 Nov 1956 Kadidal Manjappa (b. 1910 – d. 1992)
Chief Ministers of Unified Mysore State
1 Nov 1956 16 May 1958 S. Nijalingappa (b. 1902 – d. 2000) INC
16 May 1958 9 Mar 1962 B. D. Jatti (b. 1912 – d. 2002)
9 Mar 1962 14 Mar 1964 President's rule
14 Mar 1962 21 Jun 1962 S. R. Kanthi INC
21 Jun 1962 3 Mar 1967 S. Nijalingappa
3 Mar 1967 29 May 1968 President's rule
29 May 1968 27 Mar 1971 Veerendra Patil INC
27 Mar 1971 20 Mar 1972 President's rule
20 Mar 1972 1 Nov 1974 D. Devaraj Urs (b. 1915 – d. 1982) INC
Chief Ministers of Karnataka State
Chief Minister of Karnataka

See also

References
  1. "States of India since 1947". World Statesman. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. "Rajyotsava: The hows and whys of Karnataka". Bangalore Mirror.
  3. Sadasivan, S. N. (2005). Political and administrative integration of princely states By S. N. Sadasivan. ISBN 9788170999683.
  4. "States Reorganization Act 1956". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  5. "Google Books". books.google.com.
  6. Ramaswamy, Harish (1 June 2007). "Karnataka Government and Politics". Concept Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  7. Ninan, Prem Paul (1 November 2005). "History in the making". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2020.


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