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	History of Cochin....
		During the President’s Rule, under the State- Reorganization Act of 1956, four southern taluks of Toluva, Agastivaram, Kalakulam and Vilavamcode and a part of Shencotta taluk were separated from Travancore- Cochin and the Malabar district and Kasargod taluk of south Canara district were added to Travancore- Cochin to constitute the new Kerala State.
		During the tenure of this ministry, the State of Cochin was merged with Travancore on July 1st 1949 to form the new state’ Travancore- Cochin’.
		By the end of 14th century the capital was shifted to Cochin for various reasons and Cochin began to gain importance especially by the beginning of the 16th century by the arrival of the Portuguese.
	www.clickkochi.com /history.htm

	Francis Xavier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There he saw the rich merchant Diégo Pereira, an old friend from Cochin, who showed him a letter of Portuguese being held prisoners in Guangzhou asking for a Portuguese ambassador to talk to the Chinese Emperor in their favor.
		Travancore to Christianity, on the west coast, and also visited
		During his trip, a tempest forced him to stop on an island near Guangzhou, China.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_Xavier

	Contact us
		The Travancore Heritage is conceived and developed as a Heritage Property to bring to life the age-old traditional architectural splendor of the region with its typical timber houses and 'Nalukettus' with tiled roofing, which allow for living in communion with all the elements of Nature.
		The Travancore Heritage is a sea side resort in 8 acres of lush green coconut garden and landscaped environs located at Chowara - south of Kovalam, near Trivandrum, Kerala.
		The resort stands on a high cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea and a long wide beach of powdery white sand.
	www.kerala-hotels-india.net /travancore-thiruvananthapuram.htm

	REPORT OF THE
		The Village Courts in the Travancore area have been formed under the Village Panchayat Courts Act and those of the Cochin area under the Cochin Village Courts Act.
		Travancore was the first State in India to declare by law in 1936, the right of every Hindu, irrespective of caste and every person who has accepted the Hindu faith, to enter the temples and worship in the same manner as is open to those known as 'Caste Hindus'.
		A Minister from among the elected members of the legislature was associated with the Diwan from 1113 M.E. In the period preceding integration of with Travancore, the office of the Diwan was abolished and a Council of Ministers chosen from the legislature was in charge of the administration under the Maharaja.
	localgovkerala.net /lsgd/Links/Committee/1Adminrpt1958.htm

	Kerala
		Modern day Kerala was created in 1956 from Malabar, which had been part of the Madras Presidency, and from Travancore and Cochin.
		Kerala was officially declared as a separate state in the independent India by the State formatino Committee, by combining Travancore, Cochin and Malabar.
		He established India's first Portuguese fortress at Cochin (Kochi) in 1503 and from there, taking advantage of rivalry existing between the royal families of Calicut and Cochin, managed to destroy the monopoly.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/kerala

	Literacy in Kerala (fwd), Subramanya Sastry
		The Christians of Travancore were subjected to several disabilities at the beginning of the 19th century despite their having received rights and privileges from the rulers in earlier periods.3 Church historian Agur has given a graphic description of the torments and tribulations which the Christian, communities had suffered [Agur 1903: 52-55].
		The new rules, known as the 'Travancore educational rules', related to the qualifications of teachers, buildings, accommodation and sanitation, furniture and educational appliances, admission of pupils, etc. A revised curriculum of studies was introduced in 1902, and the schools were classified as high, middle, upper primary and lower primary.
		The census commissioner of Travancore (the major constituent of present-day Kerala) stated in his report for 1941 that the high level of literacy achieved by the princely state was the result of successive rulers' personal interest in the educational uplift of the people (Census of India 1941, Vol XXV, Part I, p 155).
	www.cs.wisc.edu /~param/asha/info/5127.html

	Cochin, India - Current News & Information
		Cochin, luckily, is a place of supremely understated elegance that has a tempting menu at appropriate prices and staff who seem unfazed by the arrival of two...
		COCHIN: A southern Indian village embroiled in a legal dispute with American soft-drink giant Coca-Cola over groundwater depletion is to host a conference this...
		Cochin University of Science and Technology Vice-Chancellor Dr N.Unnikrishnan Nair will be a member of both the committees constituted to monitor the entrance...
	www.4newz.net /world/am/Cochin.html

	Location
		Travancore Devaswom Board, which boasts of managing the world renowned Sabarimala temple, is an autonomous body constituted under the Travancore Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act XVth of 1950.
		It is entrusted with the task of administering 1206 temples in the erstwhile Princely state of Travancore comprised in the state of Kerala which were earlier administered by the ruler of Travancore prior to the integration of the Princely states of Tranvancore and Cochin in 1949.
		Travancore Devaswom Board is growing from strength to strength under the able administration of Dr.N.Babu, Hon’ble President, Prof.D.Sasidharan and Sri.Charupara Ravi, Board members.
	www.dbpampacollege.org /html/management.htm

	Princely States Report > Archived Features > Maharaja Portraits of Cochin
		Under the State Reorganization Act of 1956, Travancore-Cochin lost a few districts and gained a few others, to form a new state, Kerala, which is still in existence today.
		Cochin had the highest literacy rate of any state during the British raj, and the people of Cochin were very fond of writing letters.
		Cochin was a small state on the Malabar coast, deep in the southwestern region of the Indian peninsula.
	www.princelystates.com /ArchivedFeatures/fa-03-01.shtml

	New Page 1
		As it was found that the king of Cochin too was involved in this crime, fierce legal battle followed for decades between the Raja of Cochin and Travancore and in the end the Gauda Saraswat Brahmin community of Cochin won the case.
		The desperate Konkanis planned to bring back the idol to Cochin by hook or crook and ultimately the idol was smuggled out and brought from Alleppey to Cochin.
		The persecuted Konkanis fled southwards to Thuravoor and Alleppey in the state of Travancore along with the idol of lord Venkatesvara and presented their grievances to the king of Travancore.
	www.gosripuram.org /Trading_community.htm

	Cochin
		The earliest attempt in Cochin to organist a Police Force was made by the Hukum Nama of 1812 by which a body of Tannadars under a Tanna Naik for each Taluk was created and entrusted with the sacred duty ''to keep the peace of the land''.
		This new Force was also soon found to be out of tune with the requirements of the day and the Cochin Police entered upon a new era of organization and expansion during the memorable regime of H.H.Sri.
		There were a total of 32 Police Stations to begin with of which 20 were housed in new buildings and the rest in the remodeled Tannahs.
	www.keralapolice.org /cochin_police.htm

	HIGH COURT OF KERALA - [History] ---
		The Princely States of Travancore and Cochin were integrated into the United States of Travancore Cochin on 1st July 1949.
		It was under two Princely States Travancore and Cochin, and Malabar, which was under the direct administration of the British.
		Under the States re-organisation Act, 1956 Travancore Cochin State and Malabar were integrated to form the State of Kerala, on 1st November 1956.
	highcourtofkerala.nic.in /history.htm

	The Official Website of Law Department,Government Secretariat,Kerala
		The ruler of Travancore, designated as ‘Raj Pramukh” was to head the United State by virtue of the Covenant entered into by the rulers of Travancore and Cochin.
		The legal framework of Travancore was earlier based on oriental conceptions until this was modified by western jurisprudence after the establishment of the alliance with the English East India Company.
		Consequent on the re-organisation of States, State of Kerala came into being on 1st November, 1956 and the powers of the Kerala State Legislature were vested in Parliament.
	www.keralalawsect.org /brief_history.html

	Feature
		In the three zones of Kerala, namely, Malabar, Cochin and Travancore, there were uprisings against the British in the end of 18th century and in the beginning of 19th century.
		In Malabar, it was a native prince, Kerala Varma, Pazhassi Raja who led the revolt, while in Cochin it was spearheaded by Paliath Achan, the Prime Minister of Cochin State and in Travancore by Veluthampy Dalava, the Prime Minister of the State.
		As there was no salt satyagraha in native States, freedom fighters from Cochin and Travancore went outside the States and broke salt law in British Indian provinces and were imprisoned.
	pib.nic.in /feature/feyr98/fe0798/PIBF0707981.html

	kerala taxes
		On 1-11-1956, the Kerala State was formed and by the Kerala Adaptation of Laws Order, 1956, the Travancore Cochin and the Madras Acts were made applicable to the respective parts of the State until unification of the laws.
		10,000. The Travancore General Sales tax Act 1124 (Act XVIII of 1124) and the Cochin Sales tax Act 1121 (Act XV of 1121) were repealed by Act XI of 1125. By the end of November 1950, the title of the Act was altered as The Travancore Cochin General Sales tax Act, 1125, by the
		which was then replaced by the Act 12 of 1951. The statement of objects and reasons for this section published in the Travancore Cochin Gazette No 33-dated 14-8-1951 is reproduced below.
	www.keralataxes.org /leg.htm

	CHAPTER II
		It was carved out of the territories of the then Princely States of Travancore and Cochin and of the Malabar District of the former Madras State.
		The sanitary condition of Trivandrum during those years was so miserable that the dewan of Travancore saw that the lives of the citizens were "placed in jeopardy as an epidemic may break out at any time and become difficult to arrest".
		The major municipalities of Ernakulam and Mattancherry were abolished and the Cochin Corporation constituted on 1.11.1967 including these municipal areas, Fort-Cochin Municipality, the Palluruthy, Edappally, Vtyttila and Vennala Panchayats and the Willingdon, Gundu, Ramanthuruthu, Vimanadweep and Thanthonni Islands.
	localgovkerala.net /lsgd/Links/Committee/MunFinCom/chapter2.htm

	Welcome To God's Own Land - Kerala - ATHINHAL.COM
		But history states that when India became free, Kerala was made up of two princely states, Travancore and Cochin, and Malabar which was under the direct administration of the British.
		In pursuance of this policy the Travancore and Cochin states were integrated to form Travancore Cochin State on 1st July, 1949.
		The 18th century Krishnapuram Palace built during the reign of the Travancore monarch, Marthanda Varma, is a double storied structure which displays typical characteristics of Kerala architecture-gabled roofs, dormar windows, narrow corridors.
	www.athinhal.com /kerala.htm

	Madhya Kerala Diocese
		Bishop C.K. Jacob of the Travancore and Cochin Diocese was the presiding Bishop at the great service of Inauguration and Consecration of the new Bishops which took place in St. George's Cathedral, Madras.
		Rev. J. Speechly (1879-1888) was consecrated as the first Bishop for the newly formed Anglican Diocese of Travancore and Cochin, on St. James' Day, the 25th July 1879, in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and he arrived at Kottayam on January 27, 1880.
		The Annual report for 1856-57 states, "The Travancore Mission exhibits the best proof of real progress in the fact that native congregations which have been gathered together by the labours of missionaries have now been committed to the charge of native clergymen." By 1870, their number was fifteen.
	ucmc.csichurch.com /mdk/madhya_kerala_diocese.htm

	Kerala
		The maharajas of Travancore and Cochin paid considerable attention to the provision of basic services and education, and it was this early concern for public welfare which resulted in the post Independence state being one of the most progressive, literate and highly educated in India.
		Malabar was formerly part of Madras State, while both Travancore and Cochin were princely states ruled by maharajas.
		The present day state of Kerala was created in 1956 from Travancore, Cochin and Malabar.
	india.ramoth.org /content/kerala.htm

	br1.doc
		Slavery was abolished in Travancore and cochin and the conditions of the slaves improved.
		Therefore at the advent of the missionaries, female education was very poor in Travancore, Cochin, and Malabar.
		When the new Charter of the East India Company opened India to the British as well as to other foreign settlers, the London Missionary Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society sent their missionaries to South Travancore, North Travancore and Cochin, and Malabar respectively.
	disciple-nations.org /course/nations/br1.doc

	Cochin
		Cochin Region was a former state, SW India, on Malabar Coast; merged 1949 with Travancore forming state of Travancore and Cochin, which became in 1956 part of new state of Kerala; area 1493 square miles; capital Ernakulam.
		Keralan nationalists resisted inclusion in India and attempted to declare the region independent in August 1947.
	atlasgeo.span.ch /fotw/flags/in-cochi.html

	Feature
		Born in a poor Tamil Brahmin family of Chittoor in old Cochin State in 1889, Neelakanta Iyer graduated from Madras University and was later employed in the Revenue Department at Madras.
		When the Cochin State Prajamandal was formed, he was elected as its first president and worked in that capacity for many years.
		After Independence Kesavan was elected to Travancore Assembly and became a member of the first cabinet headed by Pattom Thanu Pillai, but resigned after few months.
	pib.nic.in /feature/feyr98/fe0898/f0308982.html

	unsaved:///newpage13.htm
		Munro, who was the British Resident, Diwan of Travancore and the political agent of the State of Cochin was the Chief Architect of the legal system of Travancore and Cochin.
		2.11.45 Consequent on the merging of Travancore and Cochin, the Travancore-Cochin High Court came into existence, by the Travancore-Cochin High Court Ordinance, 1949, on 7th July 1949.
		The Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal was the first Chief Justice of the Chief Court of Cochin.
	www.kar.nic.in /fnjpc/h-kerala.html

	Kerala History from 3rd-century-BC rock inscription left by the Mauryan emperor Asoka
		Two years after India's independence was achieved in 1947, Cochin and Travancore were united as Travancore-Cochin state.
		By 1806, however, Cochin and Travancore, as well as Malabar in the north, had become subject states under the British Madras Presidency.
		St. Thomas, the Christian apostle, is traditionally said to have founded the "Syrian" Church at Muziris (Cranganore) before A.D. Jewish migrants established a settlement in Cochin in the 900's.
	www.artkerala.com /keralahistory.asp

	Official Website of Kerala Public Service Commission
		The Travancore-Cochin State was formed on 1st July, 1949 by the integration of the two Princely States of Travancore and Cochin.With the integration of the States of Travancore and Cochin on 1st July, 1949 a Public Service Commission for the State of Travancore-Cochin was constituted by an Ordinance.
		In Cochin there was a Staff Selection Board constituted in 1936 to select candidates for initial recruitment to lower posts.
		There was a Public Service Commissioner in the erstwhile Travancore state whose duty was to select candidates for direct recruitment to various categories of posts under the Government.
	www.keralapsc.org /organis.htm

	Princely States Report > Archived Features > Nagercoil District Overprints
		Thus, a nice variety of Travancore and Travancore-Cochin fiscal stamps (primarily court fees) were overprinted "State of Madras" and used in the Nagercoil District between 1956 and 1959.
		To complicate matters, Travancore-Cochin had only been in existence since 1949 and was still using up stamps of independent Travancore that had been overprinted for use in Travancore-Cochin.
		As is often the case during times of political change, stamps left over in the treasury were overprinted for use in Madras.
	www.princelystates.com /ArchivedFeatures/fa-03-04a.shtml

	Travancore-Cochin Police
		Consequent to the integration of the two States of Travancore and Cochin in 1949, the police forces in these States were merged and placed under the Inspector General of Police.
		With a view to achieve uniformity in ranks, the Station House Officers in Travancore area were also designated as Sub Inspectors and Circle Inspectors were newly appointed to hold the intermediary post between Assistant Superintendent of Police and Sub Inspector.
		The strength of the Force after integration was Inspector General of Police - 1, Deputy Inspector General of Police - 2, District Superintendents of Police - 8, Sub Police Divisional Officers - 26, Circle Inspectors - 51, Sub Inspectors - 202, Head Constables and Constables - 8813.
	www.keralapolice.org /new_page_9.htm

	Local Facility in the State of Travancore & Cochin
		This unusual treatment accorded to the Travancore - Cochin Anchal was firstly due to very low rates for internal mail transmission within the State and the Indian Government did want to incur wrath of local citizens by increasing the postal rates.
		From 1st April 1953, the declaration of Single Delivery Area was withdrawn from the State of Travancore - Cochin and the rules regarding Local Delivery Area as defined in Postal Notice No.1 dated 1st April 1950, became applicable.
		The whole State of Travancore - Cochin was declared a Single Delivery Area from 1st April 1951, vide Postal Notice No.21 dated 6th July 1951.
	www.geocities.com /indianphilately/chapter27c.htm

	IndianChristanity.com
		These Syrian Christians are found in central and north Travancore, in the Cochin State and in the Malabar district of British India.
		The history of Christianity in the Travancore State is a subject of very great interest, not only because there is ground to believe that from early times a Christian church was in existence on this coast, but also because at the present day one-fifth of the people of Travancore are Christians.
		In the year 1571 and 1574 the Senior Rani of Travancore at Attingal took fright at the growing power of the Portuguese and set on foot an agitation against the Christians in the course of which three churches were burned down.
	www.indianchristianity.com /html/chap2/chater2p1.htm

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