LawgistThe States Reorganisation Act
4Transfer of territory from Travancore-Cochin to Madras
As from the appointed day, there shall be added to the State of Madras the territories comprised in the Agastheeswaram, Thovala, Kalkulam and Vilavancode taluks of Trivandrum district and the Shencottah taluk of Quilon district; and thereupon—
(a) the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Travancore-Cochin;
(b) the territories comprised in the Agastheeswaram, Thovala, Kalkulam and Vilavancode taluks shall form a separate district to be known as Kanya Kumari district in the State of Madras; and
(c) the territories comprised in the Shencottah taluk shall be included in, and become part of, Tirunelveli district in the State of Madras.
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TERRITORIAL CHANGES AND FORMATION OF NEW STATES
- 3 Transfer of territory from Hyderabad to Andhra and alteration of name
- 4 Transfer of territory from Travancore-Cochin to Madras
- 5 Formation of Kerala State
- 6 Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands
- 7 Formation of a new Mysore State
- 8 Formation of a new Bombay State
- 9 Formation of a new Madhya Pradesh State
- 10 Formation of a new Rajasthan State
- 11 Formation of a new Punjab State
- 12 Amendment of the First Schedule to the Constitution
- 13 Saving powers of State Governments
