12-495: Southern Division may refer to: Government and politics [ edit ] Southern Division (Travancore) , an administrative subdivision of the former princely state of Travancore in southern India Southern Division (New Zealand electorate) , a former constituency of the New Zealand Parliament South Cork (UK Parliament constituency) or Southern Division,
24-923: A division of Minor League Cricket See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "southern division" , "south division" , or "division south" on Misplaced Pages. Central Division (disambiguation) Eastern Division (disambiguation) Military Division of the South (1869–1876), a U.S. Army division during the Reconstruction Period Northern Division (disambiguation) South Conference (disambiguation) South Division (disambiguation) Western Division (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing South Division All pages with titles containing Division South All pages with titles beginning with Southern Division All pages with titles containing Southern Division Topics referred to by
36-788: A former constituency of the UK Parliament Railroad [ edit ] Southern Division of the Long Island Rail Road Southern Division of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Other uses [ edit ] FA Women's Premier League Southern Division , in England Southern Army Division , a former division of the Swedish Army Wendell Phillips Academy High School or South Division High School,
48-646: A school in Bronzeville, Chicago, Illinois, US Sports [ edit ] American Division (NHL) , the southern division of the National Hockey League in the 1920s-1930s National League West , a division of the National League in Major League Baseball that was formerly much closer (in a geographical sense) to being a southern as opposed to western division Southern Division (cricket) ,
60-408: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Southern Division (Travancore) The Southern Division , or Padmanabhapuram Division till 1921 and Trivandrum Division from 1921 to 1949, was one of the administrative subdivisions of the princely state of Travancore , located to the South of Quilon and Kottayam Division . It covered
72-715: The Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala . The headquarters of the Southern Division were at Padmanabhapuram . Before the formation of the Travancore Kingdom , Southern Travancore, Padmanabhapuram , and the Trivandrum division were part of Venad (kingdom) (previously known as Quilon ), with its capital at Quilon . Quilon Kingdom covered present-day four southern Kerala districts and Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. Kollam , Pathanamthitta district , and
84-534: The northern Trivandrum districts were situated to the north of Quilon . Kanyakumari district and the south-Central region of Trivandrum district were situated to the south of Quilon . Trivandrum Division Trivandrum Division was an administrative division of the princely state of Travancore , located to the south of Quilon or central Travancore . It was composed of eight taluks — Chirayinkir , Nedumangadu , Neyyattankara , Pattanapuram , Shenkotta , North Trivandrum and South Trivandrum and
96-532: The five taluks of Agastiswaram , Eraniel , Kalkulam , Thovalay and Vilavancode and was administered by a civil servant of rank Diwan Peishkar equivalent to a District Collector in British India . The Southern division was predominantly Tamil -speaking in contrast to the other three divisions where Malayalam was spoken. In 1920, the neighbouring Trivandrum was also merged with the Southern division. In 1949,
108-413: The formation of the Travancore Kingdom , Southern Travancore , Padmanabhapuram , and the Trivandrum division were part of Venad (kingdom) (previously known as Quilon ), with its capital at Quilon . Quilon Kingdom covered present-day four southern Kerala districts and Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. Kollam , Pathanamthitta district , and the northern Trivandrum districts were situated to
120-607: The princely state of Travancore was dissolved and the Southern Division was included in the Travancore-Cochin state of India . In 1956, the Tamil-speaking taluks of Southern Division were transferred to the neighbouring Madras State as per the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 and forms the present-day Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu . The Malayalam-speaking taluks of the erstwhile Trivandrum division form
132-431: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Southern Division . 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=Southern_Division&oldid=1043436293 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732845555062144-519: Was administered by a civil servant of rank Diwan Peishkar equivalent to a District Collector in British India . The administrative headquarters were at Trivandrum which was also the seat of the Travancore government and the residence of the Maharajah. In 1921, the eight taluks of Trivandrum were merged with Southern Division . Since then, the Southern Division was called Trivandrum Division. Before
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