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{{Culture of Karnataka}}

'''Coorg State''' was a Part-C [[States and union territories of India|state in India]] which existed from 1950 to 1956.<ref name=a/> When the [[Constitution of India]] came into force on 26 January 1950, most of the existing provinces were reconstituted into states. Thus, [[Coorg Province]] became Coorg State. Coorg State was ruled by a Chief Commissioner with [[Madikeri|Mercara]] as its capital. The head of the government was the [[Chief Minister of Coorg|Chief Minister]]. Coorg State was abolished on 1 November 1956 as per the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]] and its territory were merged with [[Mysore State]] (later renamed as [[Karnataka]] in 1973).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/when-kodagu-merged-mysore-short-political-history-region-130609|title=When Kodagu merged with Mysore: A short political history of the region}}</ref> Presently, Coorg forms a district of Karnataka state.

[[File:South Indian territories.svg|thumb|left|Map of [[Southern India]] before the [[States Reorganisation Act]] of 1956 with Coorg State in dark green]]

==History==
The Coorg State came into being on 26 January 1950 as per the [[Constitution of India]]. Prior to the enactment of the Constitution, Coorg had been a province of the Dominion of India.

The first legislative elections in Coorg were held in 1952. The main contenders were the [[Indian National Congress]] led in the state by [[C. M. Poonacha]] and the Takkadi party led by the Gandhian Pandyanda Belliappa. While the Congress supported merger with the neighbouring [[Mysore State]], the Takkadi party fought the election on an anti-merger plank. The Indian National Congress won a majority of 15 seats while the Takkadi party bagged the remaining nine seats.

==Commissioners of Coorg State==

(1) Dewan Bahadur [[Ketoli Chengappa|Ketolira Chengappa]], became its first Chief Commissioner from 1947–1949

(2) C.T. Mudaliar became Chief Commissioner from 1949 - 1950<ref name=a/>

(3) Kanwar Baba [[Daya Singh Bedi]], Chief Commissioner from 1950 - 1956<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html|title=Indian states since 1947|first=Ben|last=Cahoon|website=www.worldstatesmen.org}}</ref>

==Government of Coorg==
Government was formed in Coorg by [[Indian National Congress]], who won 15 of 24 seats. Cabinet was formed with two ministers (including [[Chief Minister of Coorg|Chief Minister]]), which lasted till [[States Reorganisation Act]] on 1 November 1956.

===[[Chief Minister of Coorg|Chief Minister]]===
[[C. M. Poonacha|Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha]] won from Berriathnad constituency became the first and last [[Chief Minister of Coorg|Chief Minister]] of Coorg State from 1950 till 1956.<ref name=a/>

===Cabinet===
* [[C. M. Poonacha|Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha]], who was the [[Chief Minister of Coorg|Chief Minister]] took the charge of [[Ministry of Finance]] for Coorg State.
* Kuttur Mallapa (elected to the assembly from the [[Shanivarsanthe|Sanivarsanthe]] constituency became the [[Home Minister]] of Coorg State

==Dissolution==
As a result of the [[States Reorganisation Act]] of 1 November 1956, when India's state boundaries were reorganised, Coorg State became a district of the then [[Mysore State]]<ref name=a/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOfsAAAAMAAJ&q=Coorg+|title=Development of Mysore state, 1940-56|first1=M. B.|last1=Gayathri|first2=University of|last2=Mysore|date=6 April 1997|publisher=University of Mysore|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UM3LjKo8Uo8C&q=Coorg+&pg=PA383|title=Karnataka Government and Politics|first=Harish|last=Ramaswamy|date=6 April 2018|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788180693977|via=Google Books}}</ref> Mysore State was later renamed as [[Karnataka]] and part of the historical region of Coorg now forms the [[Kodagu]] district of Karnataka.<ref>{{cite book|last=Muthanna|first=I M|title=Coorg Memoirs (The story of the Kodavas)}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[History of Kodagu]]
*[[Captivity of Coorgis at Seringapatam]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{Citation
| author = Government of Coorg | year=1953
| title= Handbook of Coorg Census-1951 | publisher=Assistant Commissioner and District Census Officer, Coorg
| url= http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6036/1/42086_1951_COO.pdf
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/18628/ Coorg State Legal Status 1956]
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