Travancore

Travancore (originally called Thiruvithaamcoore or Thiruvitankur in Malayalam) was a princely state in India whose capital was Thiruvananthapuram. The state comprised most of south Kerala and the modern Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. It had a 19-gun salute in the British Empire. The flag was red with a silver dextrally coiled sacred chank (Turbinella pyrum Linnaeus). Travancore was merged with the other Malayalam-speaking kingdom Kochi on July 1, 1949 to form Thiru-Kochi, and later with Malabar, on November 1, 1956, to form the south Indian state of Kerala.

Related Topics:
Malayalam - Princely state - India - Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala - Kanyakumari - Tamil Nadu - Kochi - July 1 - 1949 - Thiru-Kochi - Malabar - November 1 - 1956 - South Indian

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