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KanyakumariDistrictHistory
TheareacomprisingthepresentKanniakumaridistrictwasapartoftheerstwhileTravancorestate.
In 1835, when the state was divided in to Northern and Southern divisions , this area formed part of
Southern division and was placed in the charge of Dewan Peishkar, Kottayam. In July 1949, when the
UnitedStatesofTravancoreandCochinwasinaugurated,thepresentKanniyakumariareacontinuedtobe
a part of Trivandrum district of Kerala State. The people of Agasteeswarem, Thovalai, Kalkulam and
Vilavancode Taluks, which formed the southern divisions of the former Trivandrum District, were
predominantly Tamil speaking. They agitated for the merger of this area with Madras State. The States
Reorganisation Commission also recommended this. Accordingly, the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was
passed and the Kanyakumari District was formed on 1st November 1956 , with the four Taluks, Viz.,
Agasteeswarem, Thovalai, Kalkulam and Vilavancode and merged with Tamil Nadu. Thiru. R .Thirumalai
I.A.SassumedchargeasthefirstCollectorofKanniakumariDistricton01.11.1956.

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