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A navigable canal, Km long, stretches from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, to Tirur in the far north. When India became free, there were three administrations were ruling this region - two princely states Travancore and Cochin, and Malabar which was under the direct administration of the British.
One of the first steps taken by independent India was to amalgamate small states together so as to make them viable administrative units. However, Malabar remained as part of the Madras Province. Under the States Re-Organisation Act of , Travancore-Cochin state and Malabar were united to form the State of Kerala on 1st November Some Territorial adjustments had necessarily to be made on re-organization.
In this adjustment, Kerala lost to Madras now Tamil nadu the taluks of Thovala, Agasteeswaram, Kalkulam, and Vilavancode in the far south and Shencotta in the East, while it gained the Malabar District and the Kasargod taluk of South Kanara district in the north. Administration: The state has unicameral legislature. The Legislative Assembly has members. Districts The state divided into 14 districts. More details about the state is available at www. Of the total length of about km.
Kerala sub region has population limit of persons per km sq, against the national figure of After two years of examination, the SRC recommended the rebordering of 16 several states and 3 union territories along linguistic lines.
A newly formed unified territory of Malayalam speakers was a result of this institutional reorganisation. The desire for a united Kerala, or Aikya Kerala, consisting of all Malayalam speaking territories was a long cherished desire for the people of this region. The modern state of Kerala was divided into Malabar, Travancore and Cochin by the British for administrative reasons and was the foremost obstacle on the way of realising the dream of a united Kerala. The struggle for a united Kerala gathered a new momentum in the s when the prospect of Indian independence seemed nearer.
This was one of the first steps taken towards the formation of a united Kerala. In fact, the prospect of the realisation of a united Malayali speaking territory had ensured that the Maharajas of both the native states happily conceded to giving up their individual autonomies and signed the covenant of integration.
Consequently, the southern taluks of Travancore-Cochin was added to the Madras Presidency, while Malabar district and Kasaragod taluk were added to Travancore-Cochin to form the present state of Kerala. With the birth of modern Kerala, the last vestiges of princely rule in the state ended and communism took firm roots in the state that went on to be recognised by Leftist ideology in India.
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