{"id":14476,"date":"2025-12-08T11:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T06:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/?p=14476"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T07:12:58","slug":"1940-travancore-directory-for-1941-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/1940-travancore-directory-for-1941-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"1940 – The Travancore Directory for 1941- Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through this post, we are releasing the digital scan of The Travancore Directory for 1941- Part I<\/strong> published in the year 1940.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1940 – The Travancore Directory for 1941- Part I<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Travancore Directory for 1941 (Part 1), published in 1940 by the Government Press in Trivandrum, is an official almanac providing detailed administrative, governmental, and infrastructural information of the princely state of Travancore. It covers key areas such as palace officers, government bodies, public services, and institutions under Maharaja Sri Padmanabha Dasa Bala Rama Varma Kulasekhara. The directory is organized into sections detailing officials of the palace and residency, government departments, cultural and medical institutions, and public amenities like rest houses and trade data. It also includes calendars with festivals, weather data, and listings of banks, railways, and businesses.<\/p>\n

These documents are digitized as part of the Madras University Library digitization project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Metadata and link to the digitized document<\/h3>\n

Metadata and link to the digitized document are provided below. A facility to read the document online is provided in the item page.<\/p>\n