Through this post, we are releasing the digital scan of Report On The Administation Of Travancore – Cochin For The year 1955-1957, published in the year 1957.
The administration of Travancore-Cochin in 1955–1956 faced intense political volatility, with the Praja Socialist Party ministry collapsing in February 1955, leading to Panampilly Govinda Menon’s brief Congress-led tenure focused on education, infrastructure, and administrative integration of Travancore and Cochin legacies. Internal rifts forced his resignation on March 11, 1956, dissolving the 118-member assembly and imposing President’s Rule on March 23 under Article 356. Amid instability, key reforms advanced, including the 1956 Compensation for Tenants Improvements Act for tenant protections, the Irrigation Act for water management, the 1955 Public Health Act for sanitation and disease control, land utilization surveys, and a new National Sample Survey Unit. The era culminated in linguistic reorganization, balancing the Aikya Kerala Movement’s push to merge Malabar with Travancore-Cochin against the Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress’s demands to cede Tamil southern taluks like Kanyakumari to Madras. By late October 1956, these shifts paved the way for Kerala’s birth on November 1, replacing the Rajpramukh with a Governor
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- Name: Report On The Administation Of Travancore – Cochin For The year 1955-1957
- Published Year: 1957
- No Of Pages:378
- Printer: Government Central Press, Trivandrum
- Scan link: Link