| Mysore State | |||||||||
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| State of India | |||||||||
| 1947–1973 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms | |||||||||
.svg) Mysore State, 1951 | |||||||||
.svg) Mysore state, 1956 | |||||||||
| Capital | Bangalore | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Rajpramukh | |||||||||
• 1950–1956 | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Accession of theKingdom of Mysore to theIndian Union | 9 August 1947 | ||||||||
• RenamedKarnataka State | 1 November 1973 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||
Mysore State, colloquiallyOld Mysore, was a political territory within theDominion of India and the subsequentRepublic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming theKingdom of Mysore, andBangalore replacedMysore as the state's capital whenParliament passed theStates Reorganisation Act in 1956.[1] Mysore State was considerably enlarged when it became a linguistically homogeneousKannada-speaking state within the Republic of India by incorporating territories fromAndhra,Bombay,Coorg,Hyderabad, andMadras States, as well as other petty fiefdoms. It was subsequently renamedKarnataka in 1973.[2]
TheKingdom of Mysore was one of the three largestprincely states inBritish India. UponIndia's independence from Britain in 1947, MaharajaJayachamarajendra Wadiyar signed theinstrument of accession, incorporating his realm with the Union of India, on 15 August 1947. The territories of the erstwhile princely state ofMysore were then reconstituted into a state within the Union.[3]
In 1953 during the formation ofAndhra, theBellary district was transferred fromMadras to Mysore.
In 1956, theGovernment of India effected a comprehensive re-organisation of provincial boundaries, based upon the principle of shared language. As a result of theStates Reorganisation Act on 1 November 1956, the Kannada-speaking districts ofBelgaum (exclusingChandgad),Bijapur,Dharwad, andNorth Canara were transferred fromBombay to Mysore.[4]South Canara was transferred fromMadras; andKoppal,Raichur,Kalaburagi andBidar districts fromHyderabad. Also, the smallCoorg State was merged, becoming a district in Mysore.[5] The state was renamedKarnataka on 1 November 1973.[6]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Selected former/latter 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 | .jpg) | V. V. Giri | 2 April 1965 | 13 May 1967 | 2 years, 41 days | FourthPresident of India, ThirdVice President of India |
| 4 |  | Gopal Swarup Pathak | 13 May 1967 | 30 August 1969 | 2 years, 109 days | FourthVice-president of India |
| - | – | Justice A. R. Somanath Iyer(Acting) | 30 August 1969 | 23 October 1969 | 54 days | Chief Justice ofKarnataka High Court |
| 5 |  | Dharma Vira | 23 October 1970 | 1 February 1972 | 1 year, 101 days | Governor ofPunjab,Haryana, andWest Bengal |
| 6 |  | Mohanlal Sukhadia | 1 February 1972 | 31 October 1976 | 4 years, 273 days | Chief Minister ofRajasthan, Governor ofUnited Andhra Pradesh andTamil Nadu |
| #[a] | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[7] (tenure length) | Assembly[8] (election) | Party[b] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | K. Chengalaraya Reddy | Kolar | 25 October 1947 | 26 January 1950 | 2 years, 93 days | Not established yet | Indian National Congress | |
| #[c] | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[7] (tenure length) | Assembly[8] (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 | .jpg) | 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 | Bagalkot[10] | 21 June 1962 | 29 May 1968 | 5 years, 343 days | |||
| Shiggaon | 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 | |
| 8 | .JPG) | D. Devaraj Urs[g] | Hunsur | 20 March 1972 | 31 December 1977 | 5 years, 286 days | 5th (1972) | Indian National Congress (R) | |
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