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1 November 1956 #OTD

When India reorganized its states based on language - The state of Kerala was formed today, among others, when former princely states of Thiruvithaankoor (Travancore) and Kochi (Cochin) were joined with Malabar district of Madras state. 1/2
Tamil speaking parts of Travancore were transferred to Madras, while part of South Kanara district was added to the newly formed state. Lakshadweep islands were spun off into a union territory directly ruled by centre (Which is still the case). 2/2
Threads on how Karnataka was formed out of multiple states

Also, need to write a thread on Kerala and its origins. But not today. Will need to research a bit more to get it inline with my history tweet threads.

But until then, something I wrote in 2011 (Economic data is also from 2011)

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