Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a political territory within the Dominion of India and the subsequent Republic of India from 1950 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore, with Bangalore replacing Mysore as the state's capital when Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act in 1956. Mysore State was considerably enlarged when it became a linguistically homogeneous Kannada-speaking state 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 Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states in British India. Upon India's independence from Britain in 1947, Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar signed the instrument of accession, with the Union of India on 9 August 1947. The territories of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore were then reconstituted into a state within the Union, on 26 January 1950, with its administrative integration into the Indian Union.
In 1953 during the formation of Andhra, the Bellary district was transferred from Madras to Mysore.
Reorganisation In 1956, the Government of India effected a comprehensive re-organisation of provincial boundaries, based upon the principle of shared language. As a result of the States Reorganisation Act on 1 November 1956, the Kannada-speaking districts of Belgaum (exclusing Chandgad), Bijapur, Dharwad, and North Canara were transferred from Bombay to Mysore. South Canara was transferred from Madras; and Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi and Bidar districts from Hyderabad. Also, the small Coorg State was merged, becoming a district in Mysore. The state was renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973.
Maharaja of Mysore No Portrait Name Term of officeDuration Selected former office(s) 1
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar 15 August 1947 25 January 1950 Yuvaraja of Mysore
Rajpramukh of Mysore No Portrait Name Term of officeDuration Selected former office(s) 1
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar 26 January 1950 31 October 1956 Maharaja of Mysore
Governors of Mysore No Portrait Name Term of officeDuration Selected former/latter office(s) 1
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar 1 November 1956 4 May 1964 Maharaja of Mysore, Rajpramukh of Mysore 2
S. M. Shrinagesh 4 May 1964 2 April 1965 Chief of the Army Staff 3
V. V. Giri 2 April 1965 13 May 1967 Fourth President of India, Third Vice-President of India 4 Gopal Swarup Pathak 13 May 1967 30 August 1969Fourth Vice-president of India - Justice A. R. Somanath Iyer 30 August 1969 23 October 1969 Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court 5
Dharma Vira 23 October 1970 1 February 1972Governor of Punjab, Haryana, and West Bengal 6
Mohanlal Sukhadia 1 February 1972 31 October 1976Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Governor of United Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Prime ministers of Mysore #Portrait NameConstituency Term Assembly Party 1 K. Chengalaraya Reddy Kolar 25 October 1947 26 January 1950 Not established yet Indian National Congress
Chief ministers of Mysore
#Portrait NameConstituency TermChief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Archived on 6 December 2016. AssemblyAssemblies from 1952. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Archived on 6 December 2016. Party 1 K. Chengalaraya Reddy N/A 26 January 1950 30 March 1952 Not established yet Indian National Congress 2 Kengal Hanumanthaiah Ramanagara 30 March 195219 August 1956 1st(1952 election)continued... 3 Kadidal Manjappa Tirthahalli 19 August 195631 October 1956 Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation) 4 S. NijalingappaMolakalmuru 1 November 195616 May 1958 1st Indian National Congress 2nd 5 B. D. JattiJamkhandi 16 May 195814 March 1962 6 S. R. KanthiHungud 14 March 196221 June 1962 3rd (4) S. NijalingappaBagalkot 21 June 196229 May 1968Shiggaon 4th 7 Veerendra PatilChincholi 29 May 196818 March 1971 Indian National Congress (O) – Vacant(President's rule) N/A 19 March 1971 20 March 1972 Dissolved N/A8D. Devaraj UrsHunsur20 March 197231 December 19775thIndian National Congress (R)
See also Bombay State Political integration of India
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