Mysore State | |||||||||
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State of India | |||||||||
1947–1973 | |||||||||
Mysore State, 1951 | |||||||||
Mysore state, 1956 | |||||||||
Anthem | |||||||||
"Kāyou Śrī Gowrī" (English: "Great Gowrī (Parvati)") | |||||||||
Capital | Bangalore | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
Rajpramukh | |||||||||
• 1950–1956 | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Accession of the Kingdom of Mysore to the Indian Union | 9 August 1947 | ||||||||
• Renamed Karnataka State | 1 November 1973 | ||||||||
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Today part of | India |
Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a political territory within the Dominion of India and the subsequent Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore,[1] and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capital. When Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act in 1956, Mysore State was considerably enlarged when it became a linguistically homogeneous Kannada-speaking state[2] 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.