Act Number: 37

Act Name: The States Reorganisation Act, 1956

Year: 1956

Enactment Date: 1956-08-31

Long Title: An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the States of India and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 4: Transfer of territory from Travancore-Cochin to Madras.
    As from the appointed day, there shall be added to the State of Madras the territories comprised in the Agastheeswaram, Thovala, Kalkulam and Vilavancode taluks of Trivandrum district and the Shencottah taluk of Quilon district; and thereupon—
         (a) the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Travancore-Cochin;
         (b) the territories comprised in the Agastheeswaram, Thovala, Kalkulam and Vilavancode taluks shall form a separate district to be known as Kanya Kumari district in the State of Madras; and
         (c) the territories comprised in the Shencottah taluk shall be included in, and become part of, Tirunelveli district in the State of Madras.
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