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	The '''Northern Division''' or '''Kottayam Division''' was one of the three (or four) [[Travancore#Administrative divisions\|administrative subdivisions]] of the [[princely state]] of [[Travancore]] in [[British India]].<ref name="AHoT 486">{{cite book\|last1=Shungoony Menon\|first1=P.\|title=A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times\|date=1878\|publisher=Higgin Botham & Co.\|location=Madras\|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorytravanc00menogoog/page/n608 486]\|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorytravanc00menogoog\|accessdate=5 May 2016\|language=English\|format=pdf}}</ref> It was established in 1856 and covered parts of [[Kottayam district\|Kottayam]], [[Ernakulam district\|Ernakulam]] and [[Idukki district\|Idukki]] in the present-day [[Kerala]]. The division was administered by a Diwan Peishkar, a civil servant of rank equivalent to a [[District Collector]]. The division was sub-divided into the taluks of [[Aluva\|Alangadu]], [[Kunnathunad\|Kunnatunadu]], [[Meenachil]], [[Muvattupuzha]] ~~(including~~ [[Kothamangalam]]), [[North Paravur\|Paravur]], [[Thodupuzha]] and [[Vaikom]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=A classbook of the geography of Travancore \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZdeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA47 \|author=Thomas Foulkes \|year=1864}}</ref> The headquarters of the division was first located at [[Cherthala]], and later got shifted to [[Kottayam]].		The '''Northern Division''' or '''Kottayam Division''' was one of the three (or four) [[Travancore#Administrative divisions\|administrative subdivisions]] of the [[princely state]] of [[Travancore]] in [[British India]].<ref name="AHoT 486">{{cite book\|last1=Shungoony Menon\|first1=P.\|title=A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times\|date=1878\|publisher=Higgin Botham & Co.\|location=Madras\|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorytravanc00menogoog/page/n608 486]\|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorytravanc00menogoog\|accessdate=5 May 2016\|language=English\|format=pdf}}</ref> It was established in 1856 and covered parts of [[Kottayam district\|Kottayam]], [[Ernakulam district\|Ernakulam]] and [[Idukki district\|Idukki]] in the present-day [[Kerala]]. The division was administered by a Diwan Peishkar, a civil servant of rank equivalent to a [[District Collector]]. The division was sub-divided into the taluks of [[Aluva\|Alangadu]], [[Kunnathunad\|Kunnatunadu]], [[Meenachil]], [[Muvattupuzha]] , [[Kothamangalam]] , [[North Paravur\|Paravur]], [[Thodupuzha]] and [[Vaikom]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=A classbook of the geography of Travancore \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZdeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA47 \|author=Thomas Foulkes \|year=1864}}</ref> The headquarters of the division was first located at [[Cherthala]], and later got shifted to [[Kottayam]].

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The '''Northern Division''' or '''Kottayam Division''' was one of the three (or four) [[Travancore#Administrative divisions|administrative subdivisions]] of the [[princely state]] of [[Travancore]] in [[British India]].<ref name="AHoT 486">{{cite book|last1=Shungoony Menon|first1=P.|title=A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times|date=1878|publisher=Higgin Botham & Co.|location=Madras|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorytravanc00menogoog/page/n608 486]|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorytravanc00menogoog|accessdate=5 May 2016|language=English|format=pdf}}</ref> It was established in 1856 and covered parts of [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]], [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]] and [[Idukki district|Idukki]] in the present-day [[Kerala]]. The division was administered by a Diwan Peishkar, a civil servant of rank equivalent to a [[District Collector]]. The division was sub-divided into the taluks of [[Aluva|Alangadu]], [[Kunnathunad|Kunnatunadu]], [[Meenachil]], [[Muvattupuzha]] (including [[Kothamangalam]]), [[North Paravur|Paravur]], [[Thodupuzha]] and [[Vaikom]].<ref>{{cite book |title=A classbook of the geography of Travancore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZdeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA47 |author=Thomas Foulkes |year=1864}}</ref> The headquarters of the division was first located at [[Cherthala]], and later got shifted to [[Kottayam]].

== See also ==
* [[Quilon Division]]
* [[Southern Division (Travancore)]]
* [[Trivandrum Division]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala-geo-stub}}
{{Coord missing|Kerala}}

{{Kingdom of Travancore}}

[[Category:Divisions of Travancore]]
[[Category:Regions of Kerala]]

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