State of Travancore-Cochin
| United State of Travancore and Cochin (1949–1950) State of Travancore-Cochin (1950–1956) |
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| തിരു-കൊച്ചി | ||||||||||||||
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.svg) Travancore-Cochin in India, 1951
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| Capital | Trivandrum | |||||||||||||
| Languages | Malayalam, Tamil, English | |||||||||||||
| Government | State | |||||||||||||
| Rajpramukh | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1949–1956 | Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma | ||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1949–1951 | Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai | ||||||||||||
| • | 1951–1952 | C. Kesavan | ||||||||||||
| • | 1952–1954 | A. J. John, Anaparambil | ||||||||||||
| • | 1954–1955 | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | ||||||||||||
| • | 1955–1956 | Panampilly Govinda Menon | ||||||||||||
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| • | Established | 1949 | ||||||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Indian rupee | |||||||||||||
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Travancore-Cochin or Thiru-Kochi (Malayalam: തിരു-കൊച്ചി, tiru-kocci ?) was a short-lived state of India (1949–1956). It was originally called United State of Travancore and Cochin and 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. It was renamed State of Travancore-Cochin in January 1950.
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.
The ruler of Travancore was appointed as the governor (known as "Rajpramukh") of Travancore-Cochin. The Maharajah of Cochin was offered to be addressed as Uparaja Pramukh, but he did not want any title after handing over the power. The Maharaja politely said that the eldest member of Cochin Royal Family should be called Valiya Thampuran and gave up royal powers unconditionally for the good of the people. 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.
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