Mysore State

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 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 ofIndia

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,[1] and Bangalore replaced 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[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.

  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.