{{Short description|Indian state from 1950 to 1956; predecessor of Karnataka}} {{About|the state of the Indian Union|the kingdom which preceded it|Kingdom of Mysore|the current state of India|Karnataka (state)|the city|Mysore}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox former subdivision | native_name = | conventional_long_name = Mysore State | common_name = Mysore State then now Karnataka state | nation = India | status_text = State of India | era = | title_leader = Rajpramukh | year_leader1 = 1950–1956 | leader1 = Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | year_start = 1950 | date_start = 26 January | event_start = Integration of Kingdom of Mysore into the Indian Union | year_end = 1973 | date_end = 1 November | event_end = Renamed Karnataka State | event1 = | date_event1 = | p1 = Kingdom of Mysore | s1 = Karnataka | flag = | image_flag = | image_coat = Seal of Karnataka.svg | image_map = {{Switcher|upright=1.15|frameless|Mysore State, 1951| upright=1.15|frameless|Mysore state, 1956|default=2}} | image_map_caption = | stat_area1 = | stat_year1 = | stat_pop1 = | footnotes = | today = India | capital = Bangalore | image_map2 = | image_map2_caption = }} '''Mysore State''', colloquially '''Old Mysore''', was a political territory within the Dominion of India and the subsequent Republic of India from 1950 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore, and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capital when Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-01 |title=Indian states since 1947 |url=http://worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html |access-date=2024-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701103006/http://worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html |archive-date=1 July 2014 }}</ref> Mysore State was considerably enlarged when it became a linguistically homogeneous Kannada-speaking state 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2017 |title=Rajyotsava: The hows and whys of Karnataka |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/the-hows-and-whys-of-karnataka/articleshow/61376851.cms |access-date=2024-12-13 |newspaper=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}</ref>
== History == The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states in British India. Upon India's independence from Britain in 1947, Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar signed the instrument of accession, with the Union of India on 9 August 1947. The territories of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore were then reconstituted into a state within the Union, on 26 January 1950, with its administrative integration into the Indian Union.<ref>{{cite book|title=Political and administrative integration of princely states By S. N. Sadasivan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWptYbzpXE8C&pg=PA26|isbn=978-81-7099-968-3|last1=Sadasivan|first1=S. N.|year=2005| publisher=Mittal Publications }}</ref>
In 1953 during the formation of Andhra, the Bellary district was transferred from Madras to Mysore.
=== Reorganisation === In 1956, the Government of India effected a comprehensive re-organisation of provincial boundaries, based upon the principle of shared language. As a result of the States Reorganisation Act on 1 November 1956, the Kannada-speaking districts of Belgaum (exclusing Chandgad), Bijapur, Dharwad, and North Canara were transferred from Bombay to Mysore.<ref name="sorg1956">{{cite web |url = http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/sra1956250/ |title = States Reorganization Act 1956 |access-date = 1 July 2008 |publisher = Commonwealth Legal Information Institute |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725190538/http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/sra1956250/ |archive-date = 25 July 2011 }}</ref> South Canara was transferred from Madras; and Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi and Bidar districts from Hyderabad. Also, the small Coorg State was merged, becoming a district in Mysore.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UM3LjKo8Uo8C&pg=PA383|title=Karnataka Government and Politics|first=Harish|last=Ramaswamy|date=1 June 2007|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-397-7|via=Google Books}}</ref> The state was renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ninan|first=Prem Paul|date=2005-11-01|title=History in the making|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/images/Rajyotsava12352120051031.asp|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222111458/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/images/Rajyotsava12352120051031.asp|archive-date=2015-12-22|access-date=2020-07-31|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> <gallery mode="nolines"> File:Karnataka 1956 Reorg.svg|Map of southern India before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956) </gallery> ==Maharaja of Mysore== {|class="wikitable" |- ! No ! Portrait ! Name !colspan=2| Term of office !scope=col|Duration ! Selected former office(s) |- align=center | 1 | 100px ! Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | 15 August 1947 | 25 January 1950 | {{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1950|01|25}} | Yuvaraja of Mysore |- align=center style="height: 60px;" |}
==Rajpramukh of Mysore== {|class="wikitable" |- ! No ! Portrait ! Name !colspan=2| Term of office !scope=col|Duration ! Selected former office(s) |- align=center | 1 | 100px ! Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | 26 January 1950 | 31 October 1956 | {{age in years and days|1950|01|26|1956|10|31}} | Maharaja of Mysore |- align=center style="height: 60px;" |}
==Governors of Mysore== {|class="wikitable" |- ! No ! Portrait ! Name !colspan=2| Term of office !scope=col|Duration ! Selected former/latter office(s) |- align=center | 1 | 100px ! Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | 1 November 1956 | 4 May 1964 | {{age in years and days|1956|11|01|1964|05|4}} | Maharaja of Mysore, Rajpramukh of Mysore |- align=center style="height: 60px;" | 2 | 100px ! S. M. Shrinagesh | 4 May 1964 | 2 April 1965 |{{age in years and days|1964|05|04|1965|04|2}} | Chief of the Army Staff |- align=center style="height: 60px;" | 3 | 100px ! V. V. Giri | 2 April 1965 | 13 May 1967 |{{age in years and days|1965|04|02|1967|05|13}} | Fourth President of India, Third Vice President of India |- align=center style="height: 60px;" | 4 |100px ! Gopal Swarup Pathak | 13 May 1967 | 30 August 1969 |{{age in years and days|1967|05|13|1969|08|30}} |Fourth Vice-president of India |- align=center style="height: 60px;" | - |{{dash}} ! Justice A. R. Somanath Iyer {{nobold|(Acting)}} | 30 August 1969 | 23 October 1969 |{{age in years and days|1969|8|30|1969|10|23}} |Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court |- align=center style="height: 60px;" | 5 | 100px ! Dharma Vira | 23 October 1970 | 1 February 1972 |{{age in years and days|1970|10|23|1972|02|1}} |Governor of Punjab, Haryana, and West Bengal |- align=center style="height: 60px;" | 6 | 100px ! Mohanlal Sukhadia | 1 February 1972 | 31 October 1976 |{{age in years and days|1972|02|01|1976|10|31}} |Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Governor of United Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu |- align=center style="height: 60px;" |}
== Prime ministers of Mysore == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col" | #{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}} !Portrait ! scope="col" | Name !Constituency ! colspan="3" scope="col" | Term<ref name=":0" /><br />{{small|(tenure length)}} ! scope="col" | Assembly<ref name=":1" /><br />{{small|(election)}} ! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}} |- style="height: 60px;" | 1 | 100px | K. Chengalaraya Reddy | Kolar | 25 October 1947 | 26 January 1950 | {{age in years and days|1947|10|25|1950|1|26}} | Not established yet | rowspan="3" | Indian National Congress | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |}
==Chief ministers of Mysore==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col" | #{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.}} !Portrait ! scope="col" | Name !Constituency ! colspan="3" scope="col" | Term<ref name=":0">[http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/previouscms.htm Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947]. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161206052419/http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/previouscms.htm Archived] on 6 December 2016.</ref><br />{{small|(tenure length)}} ! scope="col" | Assembly<ref name=":1">[http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/assemblies.htm Assemblies from 1952]. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161206052916/http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/review/assemblies.htm Archived] on 6 December 2016.</ref><br />{{small|(election)}} ! colspan="2" scope="col" | Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}} |- style="height: 60px;" | 1 |78x78px | K. Chengalaraya Reddy | N/A | 26 January 1950 | 30 March 1952 |{{age in years and days|1950|1|26|1952|3|30}} | Not established yet | rowspan="3" | Indian National Congress | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |- style="height: 60px;" | 2 |99x99px | Kengal Hanumanthaiah | Ramanagara | 30 March 1952 |19 August 1956 |{{age in years and days|1952|3|30|1956|8|19}} | rowspan="2" | 1st<br /><small>(1952 election)<br />''continued...''</small> |- style="height: 60px;" | 3 | | Kadidal Manjappa | Tirthahalli | 19 August 1956 |31 October 1956 |{{age in years and days|1956|8|19|1956|10|31}} |- ! colspan="10" | Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation){{efn|On 1 November 1956, via the States Reorganisation Act, Mysore State was significantly expanded along linguistic lines. The Kannada-speaking districts of Bombay, Hyderabad and Madras states, as well as the entirety of Coorg, were added to it.<ref name=renaming>M. S. Prabhakara. "[https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/New-names-for-old/article14802447.ece New names for old]". ''The Hindu''. 24 July 2007.</ref>}} |-style="text-align:center" | rowspan="2" | 4 | rowspan="2" |95x95px | S. Nijalingappa | rowspan="2" |Molakalmuru | rowspan="2" | 1 November 1956 | rowspan="2" |16 May 1958 | rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1956|10|31|1958|5|16}} | {{small|''...continued''}}<br />1st<br />{{small|(1952)}} | rowspan="6" | Indian National Congress | rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |- style="text-align:center" | | rowspan="2" | 2nd<br />{{small|(1957)}} |- style="text-align:center" | 5 |94x94px | B. D. Jatti |Jamkhandi | 16 May 1958 |14 March 1962 |{{age in years and days|1958|5|16|1962|3|14}} |- style="text-align:center" | 6 | | S. R. Kanthi |Hungud | 14 March 1962 |21 June 1962 |{{age in years and days|1962|3|14|1962|6|21}} | rowspan="2" | 3rd<br />{{small|(1962)}} |- style="text-align:center" | rowspan="2" | (4) | rowspan="2" |95x95px | S. Nijalingappa |Bagalkot<ref>{{Cite web |title=Third Karnataka Legislative Assembly |url=http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/3assemblymemberslist.htm|access-date=2021-11-06|website=Karnataka Legislature}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | 21 June 1962 | rowspan="2" |29 May 1968 | rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1962|6|21|1968|5|29}} |- style="text-align:center" | |Shiggaon | rowspan="2" | 4th<br />{{small|(1967)}} |- style="text-align:center" | 7 | | Veerendra Patil |Chincholi | 29 May 1968 |18 March 1971 |{{age in years and days|1968|5|29|1971|3|18}} | Indian National Congress (O) | style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (O)}}" | |- style="text-align:center" | – |120x120px | scope="row" | ''Vacant''{{efn|name=PR|President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's_rule#Karnataka|President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of the chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.<ref>Amberish K. Diwanji. "[http://www.rediff.co.in/news/2005/mar/15spec1.htm A dummy's guide to President's_rule#Karnataka|President's rule]". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.</ref>}}<br />(President's rule) | N/A | 19 March 1971 | 20 March 1972 |{{age in years and days|1971|3|19|1972|3|20}} | ''Dissolved'' | ''N/A'' | |- style="text-align: center;" |8 |108x108px |D. Devaraj Urs{{Efn|On 1 November 1973, via the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, Mysore State was renamed as ''Karnataka''.<ref name=renaming/> Thus, Devaraj Urs was Chief Minister of Mysore between 20 March 1972 and 31 October 1973, and Chief Minister of Karnataka after that.}} |Hunsur |20 March 1972 |31 December 1977 |{{Age in years and days|20 March 1972|31 December 1977}} |5th {{small|(1972)}} |Indian National Congress (R) |style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" | |- |}
== See also == * Bombay State * Political integration of India
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