Coorg State
Coorg State | |||||||||
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Former State 1950–1956 | |||||||||
.svg) Location of Coorg State in India | |||||||||
| Country | India | ||||||||
| Region | South India | ||||||||
| Formation | 26 January 1950 | ||||||||
| Dissolution | 1 November 1956 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
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• 1952-1956 | C. M. Poonacha | ||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) | ||||||||
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| Part of Culture of Karnataka |
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Coorg State was a Part-C
History
The Coorg State came into being on 26 January 1950 as per the Constitution of India. Prior to the enactment of the Constitution, Coorg had been a province of the Dominion of India.
The first legislative elections in Coorg were held in 1952. The main contenders were the Indian National Congress led in the state by C. M. Poonacha and the Takkadi party led by the Gandhian Pandyanda Belliappa. While the Congress supported merger with the neighbouring Mysore State, the Takkadi party fought the election on an anti-merger plank. The Indian National Congress won a majority of 15 seats while the Takkadi party bagged the remaining nine seats.
Commissioners of Coorg State
(1) Dewan Bahadur Ketolira Chengappa, became its first Chief Commissioner from 1947–1949
(2) C.T. Mudaliar became Chief Commissioner from 1949–1950[1]
(3) Kanwar Baba Daya Singh Bedi, Chief Commissioner from 1950–1956[1]
Government of Coorg
Government was formed in Coorg by
Chief Minister
Cabinet
- Ministry of Financefor Coorg State.
- Home Ministerof Coorg State
Dissolution
As a result of the
See also
- History of Kodagu
- Captivity of Coorgis at Seringapatam
References
- ^ a b c d e Cahoon, Ben. "Indian states since 1947". www.worldstatesmen.org.
- ^ "When Kodagu merged with Mysore: A short political history of the region". 12 August 2020.
- ^ Gayathri, M. B.; Mysore, University of (6 April 1997). "Development of Mysore state, 1940-56". University of Mysore – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9788180693977– via Google Books.
- ^ Muthanna, I M. Coorg Memoirs (The story of the Kodavas).
Further reading
- Richter, G (1870). Manual of Coorg- A Gazetteer of the natural features of the country and the social and political condition of its inhabitants. Mangalore: C Stolz, Basel Mission Book Depository. )
- Government of Coorg (1953), Handbook of Coorg Census-1951 (PDF), Assistant Commissioner and District Census Officer, Coorg
External links
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