21-468: KCR may refer to: K. Chengalaraya Reddy , first Chief Minister of the former Indian state of Mysore K. Chandrashekar Rao , the first and former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Telangana Kansas City Royals , a Major League Baseball team Karachi Circular Railway , the proposed metro rail system of Karachi, Pakistan Kienning Colloquial Romanized ,
42-425: A class of territories: In these classifications, Part A states had a Governor , Part B states had a Rajpramukh and Part C states had a commissioner . The demand for states to be organized on a linguistic basis was developed even before India achieved independence from British rule. A first-of-its-kind linguistic movement started in 1895, in what is now Odisha . The movement gained momentum in later years with
63-469: A few, including Mysore , Hyderabad , Bhopal , and Bilaspur , remained separate states. The Government of India Act 1935 remained the constitutional law of India pending adoption of a new Constitution. The new Constitution of India , which came into force on 26 January 1950, made India a sovereign democratic republic. The new republic was also declared to be a "Union of States". The constitution of 1950 distinguished between three main types of states and
84-403: A report on 30 September 1955, with recommendations for the reorganisation of India's states, which was then debated by the Indian parliament. Subsequently, bills were passed to make changes to the constitution and to administer the reorganisation of the states. The States Reorganisation Act was enacted on 31 August 1956. Before it came into effect on 1 November, an important amendment was made to
105-561: A result of the reforms of the early 20th century, most of the British provinces had directly elected legislatures as well as governors, although some of the smaller provinces were governed by a chief commissioner appointed by the Governor-General. Major reforms put forward by the British in the 1930s also recognized the principle of federalism , which was carried forward into the governance of independent India. On 15 August 1947, British India
126-717: A romanization system adopted by Western missionaries to compile the Kienning dialect (modern day Jian'ou City) of the Northern Min language in the Fujian Province of China KCR , a landmark crossroads in Dublin, Ireland KCR CRO , Contract Research Organization KCR (SDSU) , a student-run radio station at San Diego State University in San Diego, California, United States Kowloon–Canton Railway (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
147-525: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mysore State 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 , and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capital. When Parliament passed
168-732: The Constitution of India , Article 3. British India , which included present-day India , Pakistan , Bangladesh and Myanmar , was divided into two types of territories: the Provinces of British India , which were governed directly by British officials responsible to the Governor-General of India ; and the Indian States , under the rule of local hereditary rulers who recognized British suzerainty in return for continued authority over their own realms, in most cases as established by treaty. As
189-717: The States Reorganisation Act in 1956, 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. 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
210-531: The instrument of accession , incorporating his realm with the Union of India, on 15 August 1947. The territories of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore were then reconstituted into a state within the Union. 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,
231-671: The Constitution of India. Under the Seventh Amendment, the existing terminology of Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D states was altered. The distinction between Part A and Part B states was removed, becoming known simply as "states". A new type of entity, the Union Territory, replaced the classification as a Part C or Part D state. A further Act also came into effect on 1 November 1956, transferring certain territories from Bihar to West Bengal . The States Reorganisation Act of 1956
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#1732847681941252-509: The Kannada-speaking districts of Belgaum (exclusing Chandgad ), Bijapur , Dharwad , and North Canara were transferred from Mumbai to Mysore. Bellary was transferred from Andhra ; 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. The state
273-488: The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 remains the most extensive change in state boundaries after the independence of India. The Act came into effect at the same time as the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956 , which (among other things) restructured the constitutional framework for India's existing states and the requirements to pass the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 under the provisions of Part I of
294-671: The States Reorganisation Commission in December 1953, with the remit to reorganise the Indian states. The new commission was headed by the retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , Fazal Ali ; its other two members were H. N. Kunzru and K. M. Panikkar . The efforts of the commission were overseen by Govind Ballabh Pant , who served as the Home Minister from December 1954. The States Reorganisation Commission submitted
315-433: The ascent of political movements for the creation of new states developed on linguistic lines. The movement to create a Telugu -speaking state out of the northern portion of Madras State gathered strength in the years after independence, and in 1953, the sixteen northern Telugu-speaking districts of Madras State became the new State of Andhra . During the 1950–1956 period, other small changes were made to state boundaries:
336-449: The demand for a separate Orissa Province to be formed by bifurcating the existing Bihar and Orissa Province . Due to the efforts of Madhusudan Das , the Father of Odia nationalism, the movement eventually achieved its objective in 1936, when Orissa Province became the first Indian state (pre-independence) to be organized on the basis of common languages. The post-independence period saw
357-451: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KCR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KCR&oldid=1242192144 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
378-624: The small state of Bilaspur was merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 July 1954; and Chandernagore , a former enclave of French India , was incorporated into West Bengal in 1955. The States Reorganisation Commission was preceded by the Linguistic Provinces Commission (also called the Dhar Commission), which was set up in June 1948. It rejected language as a parameter for dividing states. Later, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appointed
399-491: Was annexed by India , and the status of Kashmir became the subject of conflict between India and Pakistan . Between 1947 and about 1950, the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian Union. Several states were merged into existing provinces; others were organized into unions, such as Rajputana , Himachal Pradesh , Madhya Bharat , and Vindhya Pradesh , made up of multiple princely states;
420-428: Was granted independence as the separate dominions of India and Pakistan . The British dissolved their treaty relations with more than five hundred princely states, who were encouraged to accede to either India or Pakistan, while under no compulsion to do so. Most of the states acceded to India, and a few to Pakistan. Bhutan , Hyderabad and Kashmir opted for independence; Bhutan remains independent, but Hyderabad
441-413: Was renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973. 12°18′N 76°39′E / 12.30°N 76.65°E / 12.30; 76.65 States Reorganisation Act The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories , organising them along linguistic lines. Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956,
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