Trivandrum Division

Trivandrum Division was an administrative division of the princely state of Travancore.[1] It was composed of eight taluks — Chirayinkir, Kottarakara, Nedumangadu, Neyyattankara, Pattanapuram, Shenkotta, North Trivandrum and South Trivandrum and was administered by a civil servant of rank Diwan Peishkar equivalent to a District Collector in British India.[2] The administrative headquarters were at Trivandrum which was also the seat of the Travancore government and the residence of the Maharajah.

Southern Division
Division of Travancore
1856–1949

Location of Travancore
CapitalPadmanabhapuram
  TypeMonarchy
Historical eraBritish Raj
 Established
1856
 Disestablished
1949
Today part ofKerala and Tamil Nadu, India

In 1921, the eight taluks of Trivandrum were merged with Southern Division. Since then, the Southern Division was called Trivandrum Division.

See also

References

  1. Shungoony Menon, P. (1878). A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times (pdf). Madras: Higgin Botham & Co. p. 486. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. Thomas Foulkes (1864). A classbook of the geography of Travancore.
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