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{{About|the state of the Indian Union|the [[princely state]] during the [[British Raj]]|Kingdom of Mysore|the current state of India|Karnataka (state)|}}
{{Short description|Indian state from 1950 to 1956; predecessor of Karnataka}}
{{short description|Indian state from 1947 to 1956; enlarged and renamed to Karnataka State}}
{{About|the state of the Indian Union|the kingdom which preceded it|Kingdom of Mysore|the current state of India|Karnataka (state)|the city|Mysore}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name =  
| native_name           =  
|conventional_long_name = Mysore State
| conventional_long_name = Mysore State
|common_name = Mysore State then now Karnataka state
| common_name           = Mysore State then now Karnataka state
|nation = {{flagcountry|India}}
| nation                 = [[India]]
|status_text = [[States and union territories of India|State of India]]
| status_text           = [[States and union territories of India|State of India]]
|era =  
| era                   =  
|year_start = 1947
| title_leader          = [[Rajpramukh]]
|date_start = 9 August
| year_leader1          = 1950–1956
|event_start= Accession of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]]
| leader1                = [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]]
|year_end = 1973
| year_start             = 1950
|date_end = 1 November
| date_start             = 26 January
|event_end= Renamed [[Karnataka State]]
| event_start           = Integration of [[Kingdom of Mysore]] into the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]]
|event1 =  
| year_end               = 1973
|date_event1 =  
| date_end               = 1 November
|p1 = Kingdom of Mysore
| event_end             = Renamed [[Karnataka State]]
|s1 =Karnataka
| event1                 =  
|flag_p1 =Flag of Kingdom of Mysore.svg
| date_event1           =  
|flag_s1 =| flag     = <!-- Karnataka does not have its own official flag. Do not add the yellow-red bicolour yet. it is not specifically the flag of Karnataka. -->
| p1                     = Kingdom of Mysore
|image_flag =  
| s1                     = Karnataka
|image_coat = Seal of Karnataka.svg
| flag                   =  
|image_map = Mysore in India (1951).svg
| image_flag             =  
|image_map_caption = Mysore State, 1951
| image_coat             = Seal of Karnataka.svg
|stat_area1 =
| image_map             = {{Switcher|[[File:Mysore in India (1951).svg|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Mysore State, 1951|
|stat_year1 =
[[File:Karnataka in India (claims hatched).svg|upright=1.15|frameless]]|Mysore state, 1956|default=2}}
|stat_pop1 =
| image_map_caption      =
|footnotes =  
| stat_area1             =  
|today={{Flagcountry|India}}}}
| stat_year1             =  
{{Mysore Kingdom series}}
| stat_pop1             =  
| footnotes             =  
| today                 = [[India]]
| capital                = [[Bangalore]]
| image_map2            =
| image_map2_caption    =
}}
'''Mysore State''', colloquially '''Old Mysore''', was a political territory within the [[Dominion of India]] and the subsequent [[India|Republic of India]] from 1950 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the [[Kingdom of Mysore]], and [[Bangalore]] replaced [[Mysore]] as the state's capital when [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] passed the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956|States Reorganisation Act]] in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-01 |title=Indian states since 1947 |url=http://worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html |access-date=2024-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701103006/http://worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html |archive-date=1 July 2014 }}</ref> Mysore State was considerably enlarged when it became a linguistically homogeneous [[Kannada language|Kannada]]-speaking state within the Republic of India by incorporating territories from [[Andhra State|Andhra]], [[Bombay State|Bombay]], [[Coorg State|Coorg]], [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad]], and [[Madras State|Madras]] States, as well as other petty fiefdoms. It was subsequently renamed [[Karnataka]] in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2017 |title=Rajyotsava: The hows and whys of Karnataka |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/the-hows-and-whys-of-karnataka/articleshow/61376851.cms |access-date=2024-12-13 |newspaper=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref>


'''Mysore State''' was a state within the [[Dominion of India|Dominion]] and the later [[India|Republic of India]] from its formation in 1947, out of the territories of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]], until 1956<ref>{{cite web|title=States of India since 1947|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|publisher=World Statesman|access-date=9 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701103006/http://worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|archive-date=1 July 2014}}</ref> with [[Bangalore]] as its capital.
== History ==
The state was considerably enlarged in 1956 when it became a linguistically homogeneous [[Kannada language|Kannada]]-speaking state<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/the-hows-and-whys-of-karnataka/articleshow/61376851.cms|title=Rajyotsava: The hows and whys of Karnataka|website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> within the Union of India. It was subsequently renamed as the state of [[Karnataka]].
The [[Kingdom of Mysore]] was one of the three largest [[princely state]]s in [[British Raj|British India]]. Upon [[Indian independence movement|India's independence]] from Britain in 1947, Maharaja [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]] signed the [[instrument of accession]], with the Union of India on 9 August 1947. The territories of the erstwhile princely state of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] were then reconstituted into a state within the Union, on 26 January 1950, with its administrative integration into the Indian Union.<ref>{{cite book|title=Political and administrative integration of princely states By S. N. Sadasivan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWptYbzpXE8C&pg=PA26|isbn=978-81-7099-968-3|last1=Sadasivan|first1=S. N.|year=2005| publisher=Mittal Publications }}</ref>
 
In 1953 during the formation of [[Andhra State|Andhra]], the [[Bellary district|Bellary]] district was transferred from [[Madras State|Madras]] to Mysore.
 
=== Reorganisation ===


== History ==
In 1956, the [[Government of India]] effected a comprehensive re-organisation of provincial boundaries, based upon the principle of shared language. As a result of the [[States Reorganisation Act]] on 1 November 1956, the Kannada-speaking districts of [[Belgaum district|Belgaum]] (exclusing [[Chandgad]]), [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur]], [[Dharwad district|Dharwad]], and [[Uttara Kannada|North Canara]] were transferred from [[Bombay State|Bombay]] to Mysore.<ref name="sorg1956">{{cite web
The [[Kingdom of Mysore]] {{IPAc-en|m|aɪ|ˈ|s|ɔːr}} was one of the three largest [[princely state]]s within the former British [[British Raj|Empire of India]]. Upon [[India]]'s independence from Britain in 1947, [[Maharaja of Mysore]] [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar|Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar]] signed the [[instrument of accession]], incorporating his realm with the Union of India, on 15 August 1947. The territories of the erstwhile princely state of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] were then reconstituted into a state within the Union of India.<ref>{{cite book|title=Political and administrative integration of princely states By S. N. Sadasivan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWptYbzpXE8C&pg=PA26|isbn=9788170999683|last1=Sadasivan|first1=S. N.|year=2005}}</ref>
  |url         = http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/sra1956250/
[[File:Karnataka 1956 Reorg.svg|thumb|Map of Southern India before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956)]]
  |title       = States Reorganization Act 1956
In 1956, the [[Government of India]] effected a comprehensive re-organisation of provincial boundaries, based upon the principle of shared language. As a result of the [[States Reorganisation Act]] on 1 November 1956, the Kannada-speaking districts of [[Belgaum district|Belgaum]] (except [[Kolhapur#Chandgad|Chandgad taluk]]), [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur]], [[Dharwad district|Dharwar]], and [[Uttara Kannada|North Canara]] were transferred from [[Bombay State]] to Mysore State.<ref name="sorg1956">{{cite web
  |url         = http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/sra1956250/
  |title       = States Reorganization Act 1956
  |access-date  = 1 July 2008
  |access-date  = 1 July 2008
  |publisher   = Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
  |publisher   = Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
|url-status    = dead
  |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725190538/http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/sra1956250/
  |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725190538/http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/sra1956250/
  |archive-date = 25 July 2011
  |archive-date = 25 July 2011
|df          = dmy-all
}}</ref> [[South Canara]] was transferred from [[Madras State|Madras]]; and [[Koppal district|Koppal]], [[Raichur district|Raichur]], [[Kalaburagi district|Kalaburagi]] and [[Bidar district]]s from [[Hyderabad State (1948–56)|Hyderabad]]. Also, the small [[Coorg State]] was merged, becoming a district in Mysore.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UM3LjKo8Uo8C&pg=PA383|title=Karnataka Government and Politics|first=Harish|last=Ramaswamy|date=1 June 2007|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-397-7|via=Google Books}}</ref> The state was renamed [[Karnataka]] on 1 November 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ninan|first=Prem Paul|date=2005-11-01|title=History in the making|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/images/Rajyotsava12352120051031.asp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222111458/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/images/Rajyotsava12352120051031.asp|archive-date=2015-12-22|access-date=2020-07-31|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
}}</ref> [[Bellary district]] was transferred from [[Andhra State]]. [[South Canara]] was transferred from [[Madras State]] and the [[Koppal district|Koppal]], [[Raichur district|Raichur]], [[Gulbarga district|Gulbarga]] and [[Bidar district]]s from [[Hyderabad State (1948–56)|Hyderabad State]]. Also, the small [[Coorg State]] was merged, becoming a district of Mysore State.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/?ei=P69&hl=en|title=Google Books|website=books.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UM3LjKo8Uo8C&pg=PA383|title=Karnataka Government and Politics|first=Harish|last=Ramaswamy|date=1 June 2007|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> The state was renamed [[Karnataka]] on November 1, 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ninan|first=Prem Paul|date=2005-11-01|title=History in the making|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/images/Rajyotsava12352120051031.asp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222111458/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/images/Rajyotsava12352120051031.asp|archive-date=2015-12-22|access-date=2020-07-31|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
<gallery mode="nolines">
File:Karnataka 1956 Reorg.svg|Map of [[South India|southern India]] before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956)
</gallery>
==Maharaja of Mysore==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! No
! Portrait
! Name
!colspan=2| Term of office
!scope=col|Duration
! Selected former office(s)
|- align=center
| 1
| [[File:Court portrait of Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar of Mysore.jpg|100px]]
! [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]]
| 15 August 1947
| 25 January 1950
| {{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1950|01|25}}
| [[Maharaja of Mysore|Yuvaraja of Mysore]]
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
|}


== Governors ==
==Rajpramukh of Mysore==
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
!From
!To
!Officeholder
|-
|-
! colspan="3" |Maharajas of the Kingdom of Mysore
! No
! Portrait
! Name
!colspan=2| Term of office
!scope=col|Duration
! Selected former office(s)
|- align=center
| 1
| [[File:Court portrait of Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar of Mysore.jpg|100px]]
! [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]]
| 26 January 1950
| 31 October 1956
| {{age in years and days|1950|01|26|1956|10|31}}
| [[Maharaja of Mysore]]
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
|}
 
==Governors of Mysore==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| colspan="3" |[[Maharaja of Mysore]]
! No
|-
! Portrait
! colspan="3" |Rajpramukhs of Old Mysore State
! Name
|-
!colspan=2| Term of office
|15 Aug 1947
!scope=col|Duration
|1 Nov 1956
! Selected former/latter office(s)
|Maharaja [[Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar]] (b. 1919 – d. 1974)
|- align=center
|-
| 1
! colspan="3" |Governors of Unified Mysore State
| [[File:Court portrait of Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar of Mysore.jpg|100px]]
|-
! [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]]
|1 Nov 1956
| 1 November 1956
|4 May 1964
| 4 May 1964
|Maharaja [[Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar]]
| {{age in years and days|1956|11|01|1964|05|4}}
|-
| [[Maharaja of Mysore]], [[Rajpramukh]] of Mysore
|4 May 1964
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
|2 Apr 1965
| 2
|[[S. M. Shrinagesh|Satyavant Mallannah Srinagesh]] (b. 1903 – d. 1977)
| [[File:General Satyawant Mallana Srinagesh.jpg|100px]]
! [[S. M. Shrinagesh]]
| 4 May 1964
| 2 April 1965
|{{age in years and days|1964|05|04|1965|04|2}}
| [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]]
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 3
| [[File:VV Giri 1974 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|100px]]
! [[V. V. Giri]]
| 2 April 1965
| 13 May 1967
|{{age in years and days|1965|04|02|1967|05|13}}
| Fourth [[President of India]], Third [[Vice President of India]]
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 4
|[[File:Gopal Swarup Pathak1.jpg|100px]]
! [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]]
| 13 May 1967
| 30 August 1969
|{{age in years and days|1967|05|13|1969|08|30}}
|Fourth [[Vice President of India|Vice-president of India]]
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| -
|{{dash}}
! [[A. R. Somanath Iyer|Justice A. R. Somanath Iyer]] {{nobold|(Acting)}}
| 30 August 1969
| 23 October 1969
|{{age in years and days|1969|8|30|1969|10|23}}
|Chief Justice of [[Karnataka High Court]]
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 5
| [[File:Dharma Vir, ICS.jpg|100px]]
! [[Dharma Vira]]
| 23 October 1970
| 1 February 1972
|{{age in years and days|1970|10|23|1972|02|1}}
|Governor of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], and [[West Bengal]]
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
| 6
| [[File:Mohan Lal Sukhadia 1988 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
! [[Mohanlal Sukhadia]]
| 1 February 1972
| 31 October 1976
|{{age in years and days|1972|02|01|1976|10|31}}
|Chief Minister of [[Rajasthan]], Governor of [[United Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Tamil Nadu]]
|- align=center style="height: 60px;"
|}
 
== Prime ministers of Mysore ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
|2 Apr 1965
! scope="col" | #{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
|13 May 1967
!Portrait
|[[V. V. Giri|Vaharagiri Venkata Giri]] (b. 1894 – d. 1980)
! scope="col" | Name
|-
!Constituency
|13 May 1967
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Term<ref name=":0" /><br />{{small|(tenure length)}}
|30 Aug 1969
! scope="col" | [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Assembly]]<ref name=":1" /><br />{{small|([[Elections in Karnataka|election]])}}
|[[G. S. Pathak|Gopal Swarup Pathak]] (b. 1896 – d. 1982)
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
|-
|- style="height: 60px;"
|30 Aug 1969
| 1
|22 Oct 1969
| [[File:K. C. Reddy.jpg|100px]]
|A. R. Somnath Iyer
| [[K. Chengalaraya Reddy]]
|-
| [[Kolar District|Kolar]]
|23 Oct 1969
| 25 October 1947
|1 Feb 1972
| 26 January 1950
|[[Dharma Vira]] (b. 1906 – d. 2000)
| {{age in years and days|1947|10|25|1950|1|26}}
|-
| Not established yet
|1 Feb 1972
| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|10 Jan 1976
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]] (b. 1916 – d. 1982)
|-
! colspan="3" |Governors of Karnataka State
|-
| colspan="3" |[[List of governors of Karnataka|Governors of Karnataka]]
|}
|}
[[File:Mysore 1956.jpg|thumb|Unified Mysore State 1956]]


== Chief Ministers ==
==Chief ministers of Mysore==
{| class="wikitable"
 
!From
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!To
!Officeholder
!Political Party
|-
|-
! colspan="4" |Diwans of the Kingdom of Mysore
! scope="col" | #{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}}
!Portrait
! scope="col" | Name
!Constituency
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Term<ref name=":0">[http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/previouscms.htm Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947]. [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161206052419/http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/previouscms.htm Archived] on 6 December 2016.</ref><br />{{small|(tenure length)}}
! scope="col" | [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Assembly]]<ref name=":1">[http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/assemblies.htm Assemblies from 1952]. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161206052916/http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/assemblies.htm Archived] on 6 December 2016.</ref><br />{{small|([[Elections in Karnataka|election]])}}
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 1
|[[File:K. C. Reddy.jpg|78x78px]]
| [[K. Chengalaraya Reddy]]
| [[N/A]]
| 26 January 1950
| 30 March 1952
|{{age in years and days|1950|1|26|1952|3|30}}
| Not established yet
| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 2
|[[File:Kengal Hanumanthaiah.gif|99x99px]]
| [[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]]
| [[Ramanagara Assembly constituency|Ramanagara]]
| 30 March 1952
|19 August 1956
|{{age in years and days|1952|3|30|1956|8|19}}
| rowspan="2" | 1st<br /><small>([[1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1952 election]])<br />''continued...''</small>
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 3
|
| [[Kadidal Manjappa]]
| [[Tirthahalli Assembly constituency|Tirthahalli]]
| 19 August 1956
|31 October 1956
|{{age in years and days|1956|8|19|1956|10|31}}
|-
|-
| colspan="4" |[[List of Diwans of Mysore|Diwan of Mysore]]
! colspan="10" | Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation){{efn|On [[Karnataka Rajyotsava|1 November 1956]], via the [[States Reorganisation Act]], Mysore State was [[Unification of Karnataka|significantly expanded]] along linguistic lines. The [[Kannada]]-speaking districts of [[Bombay State|Bombay]], [[Hyderabad State (1948–1956)|Hyderabad]] and [[Madras State|Madras]] states, as well as the entirety of [[Coorg State|Coorg]], were added to it.<ref name=renaming>M. S. Prabhakara. "[https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/New-names-for-old/article14802447.ece New names for old]". ''The Hindu''. 24 July 2007.</ref>}}
|-
|-style="text-align:center"
! colspan="4" |Chief Ministers of Old Mysore State
| rowspan="2" | 4
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Siddavanahalli_Nijalingappa_stamp_(cropped).jpg|95x95px]]
|1946
| [[S. Nijalingappa]]
|25 Oct 1947
| rowspan="2" |[[Molakalmuru Assembly constituency|Molakalmuru]]
|Diwan [[Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar]] (b. 1887 – d. 1976)
| rowspan="2" | 1 November 1956
|NA
| rowspan="2" |16 May 1958
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1956|10|31|1958|5|16}}
|25 Oct 1947
| {{small|''...continued''}}<br />1st<br />{{small|([[1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1952]])}}
|30 Mar 1952
| rowspan="6" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|Kysasambally Chengalaraya Reddy (b. 1902 – d. 1976)
| rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" |INC
|- style="text-align:center"
|-
|
|30 Mar 1952
| rowspan="2" | 2nd<br />{{small|([[1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1957]])}}
|19 Aug 1956
|- style="text-align:center"
|Kengal Hanumanthaiah (b. 1908 – d. 1980)
| 5
|-
|[[File:Basappa_Danappa_Jatti,_5th_Vice_President_of_India.jpg|94x94px]]
|19 Aug 1956
| [[B. D. Jatti]]
|1 Nov 1956
|[[Jamkhandi Assembly constituency|Jamkhandi]]
|[[Kadidal Manjappa]] (b. 1910 – d. 1992)
| 16 May 1958
|-
|14 March 1962
! colspan="4" |Chief Ministers of Unified Mysore State
|{{age in years and days|1958|5|16|1962|3|14}}
|-
|- style="text-align:center"
|1 Nov 1956
| 6
|16 May 1958
|
|[[S. Nijalingappa]] (b. 1902 – d. 2000)
| [[S. R. Kanthi]]
| rowspan="2" |INC
|[[Hungund Assembly constituency|Hungud]]
|-
| 14 March 1962
|16 May 1958
|21 June 1962
|9 Mar 1962
|{{age in years and days|1962|3|14|1962|6|21}}
|[[B. D. Jatti]] (b. 1912 – d. 2002)
| rowspan="2" | 3rd<br />{{small|([[1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1962]])}}
|-
|- style="text-align:center"
|9 Mar 1962
| rowspan="2" | (4)
|14 Mar 1964
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Siddavanahalli_Nijalingappa_stamp_(cropped).jpg|95x95px]]
|President's rule
| [[S. Nijalingappa]]
|[[Bagalkot Assembly constituency|Bagalkot]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Third Karnataka Legislative Assembly |url=http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/3assemblymemberslist.htm|access-date=2021-11-06|website=Karnataka Legislature}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | 21 June 1962
| rowspan="2" |29 May 1968
| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1962|6|21|1968|5|29}}
|- style="text-align:center"
|
|
|-
|[[Shiggaon Assembly constituency|Shiggaon]]
|14 Mar 1962
| rowspan="2" | 4th<br />{{small|([[1967 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1967]])}}
|21 Jun 1962
|- style="text-align:center"
|[[S. R. Kanthi]]
| 7
| rowspan="2" |INC
|-
|21 Jun 1962
|3 Mar 1967
|[[S. Nijalingappa]]
|-
|3 Mar 1967
|29 May 1968
|President's rule
|
|
|-
| [[Veerendra Patil]]
|29 May 1968
|[[Chincholi Assembly constituency|Chincholi]]
|27 Mar 1971
| 29 May 1968
|[[Veerendra Patil]]
|18 March 1971
|INC
|{{age in years and days|1968|5|29|1971|3|18}}
|-
| [[Indian National Congress (O)]]
|27 Mar 1971
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (O)}}" |
|20 Mar 1972
|- style="text-align:center"
|President's rule
| –
|[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg|120x120px]]
| scope="row" | ''Vacant''{{efn|name=PR|[[President's rule#Karnataka|President's rule]] may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's_rule#Karnataka|President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of the chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.<ref>Amberish K. Diwanji. "[http://www.rediff.co.in/news/2005/mar/15spec1.htm A dummy's guide to President's_rule#Karnataka|President's rule]". [[Rediff.com]]. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.</ref>}}<br />([[President's rule#Karnataka|President's rule]])
| N/A
| 19 March 1971
| 20 March 1972
|{{age in years and days|1971|3|19|1972|3|20}}
| ''Dissolved''
| ''N/A''
|
|
|- style="text-align: center;"
|8
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|[[D. Devaraj Urs]]{{Efn|On 1 November 1973, via the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, Mysore State was renamed as ''Karnataka''.<ref name=renaming/> Thus, Devaraj Urs was Chief Minister of Mysore between 20 March 1972 and 31 October 1973, and Chief Minister of Karnataka after that.}}
|[[Hunasuru Assembly constituency|Hunsur]]
|20 March 1972
|31 December 1977
|{{Age in years and days|20 March 1972|31 December 1977}}
|5th
{{small|([[1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|1972]])}}
|[[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" |
|-
|-
|20 Mar 1972
|1 Nov 1973
|[[D. Devaraj Urs]] (b. 1915 – d. 1982)
|INC
|-
! colspan="4" |Chief Ministers of Karnataka State
|-
| colspan="4" |[[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]]
|}
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Latest revision as of 12:06, 13 March 2026


This article is about the state of the Indian Union. For the kingdom which preceded it, see Kingdom of Mysore. For the current state of India, see Karnataka (state). For the city, see Mysore.

Mysore State
State of India
1950–1973
Coat of arms of Mysore State then now Karnataka state
Coat of arms

CapitalBangalore
History
Government
Rajpramukh 
• 1950–1956
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
History 
• Integration of Kingdom of Mysore into the Indian Union
26 January 1950
• 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 1950 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore, and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capital when Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act in 1956.[1] Mysore State was considerably enlarged when it became a linguistically homogeneous Kannada-speaking state 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.[2]

History[edit | edit source]

The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states in British India. Upon India's independence from Britain in 1947, Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar signed the instrument of accession, with the Union of India on 9 August 1947. The territories of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore were then reconstituted into a state within the Union, on 26 January 1950, with its administrative integration into the Indian Union.[3]

In 1953 during the formation of Andhra, the Bellary district was transferred from Madras to Mysore.

Reorganisation[edit | edit source]

In 1956, the Government of India effected a comprehensive re-organisation of provincial boundaries, based upon the principle of shared language. As a result of the States Reorganisation Act on 1 November 1956, the Kannada-speaking districts of Belgaum (exclusing Chandgad), Bijapur, Dharwad, and North Canara were transferred from Bombay to Mysore.[4] South Canara was transferred from Madras; and Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi and Bidar districts from Hyderabad. Also, the small Coorg State was merged, becoming a district in Mysore.[5] The state was renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973.[6]

  • Map of southern India before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956)
    Map of southern India before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956)

Maharaja of Mysore[edit | edit source]

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

Rajpramukh of Mysore[edit | edit source]

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

Governors of Mysore[edit | edit source]

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 V. V. Giri 2 April 1965 13 May 1967 2 years, 41 days Fourth President of India, Third Vice President of India
4 Gopal Swarup Pathak 13 May 1967 30 August 1969 2 years, 109 days Fourth Vice-president of India
-  – Justice A. R. Somanath Iyer (Acting) 30 August 1969 23 October 1969 54 days Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court
5 Dharma Vira 23 October 1970 1 February 1972 1 year, 101 days Governor of Punjab, Haryana, and West Bengal
6 Mohanlal Sukhadia 1 February 1972 31 October 1976 4 years, 273 days Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Governor of United Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

Prime ministers of Mysore[edit | edit source]

#[lower-alpha 1] Portrait Name Constituency Term[7]
(tenure length) 		Assembly[8]
(election) 		Party[lower-alpha 2]
1 K. Chengalaraya Reddy Kolar 25 October 1947 26 January 1950 2 years, 93 days Not established yet Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Mysore[edit | edit source]

#[lower-alpha 3] Portrait Name Constituency Term[7]
(tenure length) 		Assembly[8]
(election) 		Party[lower-alpha 4]
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)[lower-alpha 5]
4 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[lower-alpha 6]
(President's rule) 		N/A 19 March 1971 20 March 1972 1 year, 1 day Dissolved N/A
8 D. Devaraj Urs[lower-alpha 7] Hunsur 20 March 1972 31 December 1977 5 years, 286 days 5th

(1972)

Indian National Congress (R)

See also[edit | edit source]

Note[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  2. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  3. ↑ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  4. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  5. ↑ On 1 November 1956, via the States Reorganisation Act, Mysore State was significantly expanded along linguistic lines. The Kannada-speaking districts of Bombay, Hyderabad and Madras states, as well as the entirety of Coorg, were added to it.[9]
  6. ↑ President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's_rule#Karnataka
  7. ↑ On 1 November 1973, via the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, Mysore State was renamed as Karnataka.[9] Thus, Devaraj Urs was Chief Minister of Mysore between 20 March 1972 and 31 October 1973, and Chief Minister of Karnataka after that.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Indian states since 1947". 1 July 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Rajyotsava: The hows and whys of Karnataka". Bangalore Mirror. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Sadasivan, S. N. (2005). Political and administrative integration of princely states By S. N. Sadasivan. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-968-3.
  4. ↑ "States Reorganization Act 1956". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  5. ↑ Ramaswamy, Harish (1 June 2007). Karnataka Government and Politics. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-397-7 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Ninan, Prem Paul (1 November 2005). "History in the making". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Archived on 6 December 2016.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Assemblies from 1952. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Archived on 6 December 2016.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 M. S. Prabhakara. "New names for old". The Hindu. 24 July 2007.
  10. ↑ "Third Karnataka Legislative Assembly". Karnataka Legislature. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

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