Mysore State

This article is about the state of the Indian Union. For the kingdom which preceded it, see Kingdom of Mysore. For the current state of India, see Karnataka (state). For the city, see Mysore.

Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a political territory within the Dominion of India and the subsequent Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capital. When Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act in 1956.^[1] 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.^[2]

Mysore State
State of India
1947–1973
Coat of arms
Mysore State, 1951
Mysore state, 1956
Anthem
"Kāyau Śrī Gaurī" (English: "Great Gaurī (Parvati)")
Capital	Bangalore
Government
Rajpramukh
• 1950–1956	Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
History
• Accession of the Kingdom of Mysore to the Indian Union	9 August 1947
• Renamed Karnataka State	1 November 1973
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Mysore Karnataka
Today part of	India

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, 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 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 Mumbai to Mysore.^[4] Bellary was transferred from Andhra; 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.^[5][6] The state was renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973.^[7]

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  Map of southern India before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956)
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  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 A. R. 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 Rajasthan, Governor of United Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

Chief ministers of Mysore State

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

Chief ministers of Mysore State

#[c]	Portrait	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

• Bombay State
• Political integration of India

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. On 1 November 1956, via the 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