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|conventional_long_name = Southern Division<br />
|common_name = Southern Division (Travancore)<br />
|subdivision = Division<br />
|nation = Travancore<br />
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|capital = Padmanabhapuram<br />
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|today = [[Kerala]] and [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />
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|year_start = 1856<br />
|year_end = 1949<br />
|era = British Raj<br />
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The '''Southern Division''', or '''Padmanabhapuram Division''' till 1921 and Trivandrum Division from 1921 to 1949, was one of the administrative subdivisions of the [[princely state]] of [[Travancore]].<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> It covered the five taluks of Agastiswaram, Eraniel, Kalkulam, Thovalay and Vilavancode and was administered by a civil servant of rank Diwan Peishkar equivalent to a [[District Collector]] in [[British India]]. The Southern division was predominantly [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-speaking in contrast to the other three divisions where [[Malayalam]] was spoken. In 1920, the neighbouring [[Trivandrum Division|Trivandrum]] was also merged with the Southern division. In 1949, the princely state of Travancore was dissolved and the Southern Division was included in the [[Travancore-Cochin]] state of [[India]].<br />
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In 1956, the Tamil-speaking taluks of Southern Division were transferred to the neighbouring [[Madras State]] as per the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 and forms the present-day [[Kanyakumari district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The Malayalam-speaking taluks of the erstwhile Trivandrum division form the [[Thiruvananthapuram district]] of [[Kerala]]. The headquarters of the Southern Division were at [[Padmanabhapuram]].<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Northern Division (Travancore)]]<br />
* [[Quilon Division]]<br />
* [[Trivandrum Division]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Kingdom of Travancore}}<br />
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