Northern Division (Travancore)
| Northern Division | |||||
| Division of Travancore | |||||
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| Capital | Kottayam | ||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||
| Historical era | British Raj | ||||
| • | Established | 1856 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1949 | |||
| Today part of | Kerala, India | ||||
The Northern Division or Kottayam Division was one of the three (or four) administrative subdivisions of the princely state of Travancore in British India.[1] It was established in 1856 and covered parts of Kottayam, Ernakulam and Idukki in the present-day Kerala. The division was administered by a Diwan Peishkar, a civil servant of rank equivalent to a District Collector. The division was sub-divided into the taluks of Alangadu,Kunnatunadu, Meenachil, Muvattupuzha (including Kothamangalam), Paravur, Thodupuzha and Vaikom.[2] The headquarters of the division was first located at Cherthala, and later got shifted to Kottayam.
See also
References
- ↑ Shungoony Menon, P. (1878). A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times (pdf). Madras: Higgin Botham & Co. p. 486. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ Thomas Foulkes (1864). A classbook of the geography of Travancore.
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