Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a state within the

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and the later Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore, and

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

replaced

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

as the state's capital. When

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passed the States Reorganisation Act in 1956, Mysore State was considerably enlarged when it became a linguistically homogeneous

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-speaking state within the Republic of India by incorporating territories from Andhra State, Bombay State, Coorg State,

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state located in the south-central Deccan region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and ...

, and Madras State, as well as other petty fiefdoms. It was subsequently renamed

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Kar ...

in 1973.

History

The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest

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s in

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. 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

were then reconstituted into a state within the Union.

Reorganisation

In 1956, the

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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 Taluk), Bijapur, Dharwar, and North Canara were transferred from Bombay State to Mysore State. Bellary district was transferred from Andhra State. South Canara was transferred from Madras State and Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi and Bidar districts from

. Also, the small Coorg State was merged, becoming a district in Mysore State. The state was renamed

on 1 November 1973. File:Karnataka 1956 Reorg.svg, Map of southern India before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956) File:Mysore 1956.jpg, Unified Mysore State

References

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History

Reorganisation

See also

References