Template:Year in KeralaEvents in the year 1956 in Kerala.
The modern day state of Kerala was formed through States Reorganisation Act, 1956 in this year by merging most of TravancoreāCochin, entirety of Malabar District and Kasaragod taluk of South Canara from Madras State.
Incumbents[edit | edit source]
Before formation of Kerala[edit | edit source]
Rajpramukh of Travancore ā Cochin
- Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma (till Oct 31)
Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin
- Panampilly Govinda Menon (till March 23)
- President Rule
Chief Minister of Madras (Malabar district)
After formation of Kerala[edit | edit source]
- P.S. Rao (acting from Nov 1 - 21)
- Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (from Nov 22)
Justice K.T. Koshy acted as the last Chief Justice of The High Court of Thiru-Kochi and the first justice of Kerala High Court.
No elected Chief minister till 1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.
Events[edit | edit source]
- 23 March - Panampilly Govinda Menon resigns as Chief minister of TravancoreāCochin following resignation of six members. President's rule comes into effect.[1]
- 15 October ā Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma inaugurates Kerala Sahithya Academy.
- 17 October - Inaugural run of meter gauge train between Ernakulam and Kottayam.[2]
- 1 November - The state of Kerala formed.
- 4 November - All India Radio commissions 630kHz transmitter at Trichur.
- 5 November - Kerala High Court established at Ram Mohan Palace, Kochi.[3]
Dates unknown[edit | edit source]
- April - Fourth party Congress of Communist Party of India held at Palghat.
- Guruvayur Devaswom Board formed.
Birth[edit | edit source]
- 16 Mar - Indrans, actor.
- 25 May - Ramesh Chennithala, politician.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā "General Info - Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
- ā "Railway Budget speech 1957-58 (final)" (PDF). www.indianrailways.gov.in. Government of India, Ministry of Railways. 14 May 1957.
- ā Pratap, Giti (2023-03-10). "The shifting legacy of the Kerala High Court - Part I". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 2026-02-11.