Mamala
Mamala is a suburb of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India. It is situated around 9 km (5.6 mi) from Vytilla Junction and around 13 km (8 mi) from Ernakulam South Ernakulam Junction railway station (also known as Ernakulam South, code: ERS) is the biggest railway station in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. Controlling 376 train routes at a time, it is the busiest railway junction station in South Indi ... railway station. Etymology The word meaning of "Mamala" - Mamala is mountain ranges or we can say the starting of mid rage hills of western ghats and end of the planes near to the sea and its connected low lands. Mamala ...was a border check post between Kochi and Thiruvithamkoor (tranvcore) state before 1950. British called as Mamalay, this usage can be seen at the old building of excise office at Mamala and there is a stone representing the border with letter "KO" (malayalam) in west side and "THI" on east side of that stone placed at bottom ...
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States And Territories Of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ...