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- The state we call Kerala today, was once a collection of princely states and British administered provinces. The northern regions were a part of the Madras Presidency, and it included Dakshina Kannada or South Canara and the Malabar district. The southern regions were either a part of the Kingdom of Cochin or the bigger Kingdom of Travancore.
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The kingdom takes its name from Thiruvithamcode in the present-day Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. The region had many small independent kingdoms. Later, at the peak of the Chera - Chola - Pandya, this region became part of the Chera Kingdom (except for the Ay kingdom, which always remained independent).
Travancore–Cochin, officially the United State of Travancore and Cochin and later the State of Travancore–Cochin, was a short-lived state of India. It was formed through the merger of two former kingdoms, Travancore and Cochin on 1 July 1949. Its original capital was Thiruvananthapuram.
Travancore was in the kingdom of Kerala, or Chera, in the early centuries ce and traded with distant parts of the world. In the 11th century the region fell under the Chola empire. The Hindu kings of the Vijayanagar empire held it briefly in the 16th century.
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The kingdom of Cochin, also known as the kingdom of Kochi or later as Cochin state, named after its capital in the city of Kochi (Cochin), was an Hindu kingdom in the central part of present-day Kerala state. It commenced at the early part of the 12th century and continued to rule until its accession to the Dominion of India in 1949.
Jun 30, 2016 · The southern regions were either a part of the Kingdom of Cochin or the bigger Kingdom of Travancore. On August 15, 1947, India became independent.
Velu Thambi instead fled to Cochin where he sought the assistance of the British East India Company (founded on December 31 1660) stationed there. The British marched to Travancore and put down the rebellion of the Travancore army, executing the leaders of the mutiny.
Travancore was merged with the princely state of Cochin to form the Travancore-Cochin state, which later became part of the newly formed state of Kerala in 1956. Legacy and Contributions....
