GovernanceMadras State (Congress era)
States Reorganisation redraws Madras State
Malabar and South Canara left Madras State while Kanyakumari district and Shenkottai taluk were added, leaving a Tamil-majority state.
Under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which took effect on 1 November 1956, Madras State lost Malabar district to the new state of Kerala and South Canara to Mysore and Kerala. The Tamil-majority southern taluks of Travancore-Cochin, forming Kanyakumari district, and Sengottai taluk were transferred to Madras State. The Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands became a separate union territory. The reorganisation gave Madras State roughly its present boundaries as a predominantly Tamil-speaking state.
