Mysore State

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Mysore State
State of India
1947–1973
Coat of arms of Mysore State then now Karnataka state
Coat of arms

Mysore State, 1951

Mysore state, 1956
CapitalBangalore
Government
Rajpramukh 
• 1950–1956
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
History 
• Accession of the
Karnataka State
1 November 1973
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Mysore
Karnataka
Today part ofIndia

Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a political territory within the

Kannada-speaking state[2] within the Republic of India by incorporating territories from Andhra, Bombay, Coorg, Hyderabad, and Madras States, as well as other petty fiefdoms. It was subsequently renamed Karnataka
in 1973.

History

The

instrument of accession, incorporating his realm with the Union of India, on 15 August 1947. The territories of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore were then reconstituted into a state within the Union.[3]

Reorganisation

In 1956, the

Hyderabad. Also, the small Coorg State was merged, becoming a district in Mysore.[5][6] The state was renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973.[7]

  • Map of southern India before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956)
    Map of southern India before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956)
  • Unified Mysore State
    Unified Mysore State

Maharaja of Mysore

No Portrait Name Term of office Duration Selected former office(s)
1 Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar 15 August 1947 25 January 1950 2 years, 163 days Yuvaraja of Mysore

RajPramukh of Mysore

No Portrait Name Term of office Duration Selected former office(s)
1 Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar 26 January 1950 31 October 1956 6 years, 279 days Maharaja of Mysore

Governors of Mysore

No Portrait Name Term of office Duration Selected former office(s)
1 Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar 1 November 1956 4 May 1964 7 years, 185 days Maharaja of Mysore, Rajpramukh of Mysore
2 S. M. Shrinagesh 4 May 1964 2 April 1965 333 days Chief of the Army Staff
3 V. V. Giri 2 April 1965 13 May 1967 2 years, 41 days Fourth President of India
4 Gopal Swarup Pathak 13 May 1967 30 August 1969 2 years, 109 days Fourth Vice-president of India
-  – Justice Somanath Iyer (Acting) 30 August 1969 23 October 1969 54 days Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court
5 Dharma Vira 23 October 1970 1 February 1972 1 year, 101 days Governor of Punjab, Haryana, and West Bengal
6
Mohanlal Sukhadia
1 February 1972 31 October 1976 4 years, 273 days Chief Minister of
United Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

Prime ministers of Mysore State

#[a] Portarit Name Constituency Term[8]
(tenure length)
Assembly[9]
(election)
Party[b]
1 K. Chengalaraya Reddy N/A 25 October 1947 26 January 1950 2 years, 93 days Not established yet Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Mysore State

#[c] Portarit Name Constituency Term[8]
(tenure length)
Assembly[9]
(election)
Party[d]
1 K. Chengalaraya Reddy N/A 26 January 1950 30 March 1952 2 years, 64 days Not established yet Indian National Congress
2 Kengal Hanumanthaiah
Ramanagara
30 March 1952 19 August 1956 4 years, 142 days 1st
(
1952 election
)
continued...
3 Kadidal Manjappa
Tirthahalli
19 August 1956 31 October 1956 73 days
Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation)[e]
4
S. Nijalingappa
Molakalmuru
1 November 1956 16 May 1958 1 year, 197 days ...continued
1st
(
1952
)
Indian National Congress
2nd
(
1957
)
5 B. D. Jatti
Jamkhandi
16 May 1958 14 March 1962 3 years, 302 days
6 S. R. Kanthi
Hungud
14 March 1962 21 June 1962 99 days 3rd
(
1962
)
(4)
S. Nijalingappa
Shiggaon
21 June 1962 29 May 1968 5 years, 343 days
Bagalkot[11]
4th
(
1967
)
7 Veerendra Patil
Chincholi
29 May 1968 18 March 1971 2 years, 293 days
Indian National Congress (O)
Vacant[f]
(President's rule)
N/A 19 March 1971 20 March 1972 1 year, 1 day Dissolved N/A

See also

Note

  1. ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  2. ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  3. ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  4. ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  5. States Reorganisation Act, Mysore State was significantly expanded along linguistic lines. The Kannada-speaking districts of Bombay, Hyderabad and Madras states, as well as the entirety of Coorg, were added to it.[10]
  6. ^ President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's_rule#Karnataka

References

  1. ^ "States of India since 1947". World Statesman. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Rajyotsava: The hows and whys of Karnataka". Bangalore Mirror.
  3. .
  4. ^ "States Reorganization Act 1956". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  5. ^ "Google Books". books.google.com.
  6. – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Ninan, Prem Paul (1 November 2005). "History in the making". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Archived on 6 December 2016.
  9. ^ a b Assemblies from 1952. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Archived on 6 December 2016.
  10. ^ M. S. Prabhakara. "New names for old". The Hindu. 24 July 2007.
  11. ^ kla.kar.nic.in http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/3assemblymemberslist.htm. Retrieved 6 November 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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