Mysore State

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). For the city, see Mysore.

Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a state within the Dominion of India and the subsequent Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore,^[1] and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capital. When Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act in 1956, Mysore State was considerably enlarged when it became a linguistically homogeneous Kannada-speaking state^[2] within the Republic of India by incorporating territories from Andhra, Bombay, Coorg, Hyderabad, and Madras States, as well as other petty fiefdoms. It was subsequently renamed Karnataka in 1973.

Mysore State
State of India
1947–1973
Coat of arms
Mysore State, 1951
Mysore state, 1956
Capital	Bangalore
History
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
Today part of	India

History

The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states in British India. Upon India's independence from Britain in 1947, Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar 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.^[3]

Reorganisation

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 (exclusing Chandgad), Bijapur, Dharwad, and North Canara were transferred from Bombay to Mysore.^[4] Bellary was transferred from Andhra; South Canara was transferred from Madras; and Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi and Bidar districts from Hyderabad. Also, the small Coorg State was merged, becoming a district in Mysore.^[5][6] The state was renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973.^[7]

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

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  Unified Mysore State

See also

• Bombay State
• Political integration of India

References

1. . 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. . 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. ISBN 9788180693977 – via Google Books.
7. Ninan, Prem Paul (1 November 2005). "History in the making". Deccan Herald. from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

Coordinates: 12°18′N 76°39′E / 12.30°N 76.65°E / 12.30; 76.65