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Travancore Tamil agitation for merger with Madras

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Tamils in southern Travancore-Cochin campaigned under Marshal Nesamony for the merger of Tamil-majority taluks with Madras State.

The Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress, led by Marshal A. Nesamony, campaigned for the Tamil-majority taluks of southern Travancore-Cochin to be joined with Madras State. The agitation saw police firing in August 1954 in which protesters were killed. The campaign culminated in the formation of Kanyakumari district and its transfer to Madras State on 1 November 1956 during linguistic reorganisation. Nesamony is remembered in Tamil Nadu as the leader of the merger movement.

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