# Mysore State

Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a political territory within the Dominion of India and the subsequent Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capital. When Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act in 1956. Mysore State was considerably enlarged when it became a linguistically homogeneous Kannada-speaking state within the Republic of India by incorporating territories from Andhra, Bombay, Coorg, Hyderabad, and Madras States, as well as other petty fiefdoms, It was subsequently renamed Karnataka in 1973.

## History

The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states in British India. Upon India's independence from Britain in 1947, Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar signed the instrument of accession, incorporating his realm with the Union of India, on 15 August 1947. The territories of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore were then reconstituted into a state within the Union.

### Reorganisation

In 1956, the Government of India effected a comprehensive re-organisation of provincial boundaries, based upon the principle of shared language. As a result of the States Reorganisation Act on 1 November 1956, the Kannada-speaking districts of Belgaum (exclusing Chandgad), Bijapur, Dharwad, and North Canara were transferred from Mumbai to Mysore. Bellary was transferred from Andhra; South Canara was transferred from Madras; and Koppal, Raichur, Kalaburagi and Bidar districts from Hyderabad. Also, the small Coorg State was merged, becoming a district in Mysore. The state was renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973.
* Map of southern India before the reorganisation of 1956 with the blue outline of the expanded Mysore State (after 1956)
* Unified Mysore State

## Maharaja of Mysore

| No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Duration | Selected former office(s) |
| 1 | | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | 15 August 1947 | 25 January 1950 | 2 years, 163 days | Yuvaraja of Mysore |

## RajPramukh of Mysore

| No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Duration | Selected former office(s) |
| 1 | | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | 26 January 1950 | 31 October 1956 | 6 years, 279 days | Maharaja of Mysore |

## Governors of Mysore

| No | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Duration | Selected former office(s) |
| 1 | | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | 1 November 1956 | 4 May 1964 | 7 years, 185 days | Maharaja of Mysore, Rajpramukh of Mysore |
| 2 | | S. M. Shrinagesh | 4 May 1964 | 2 April 1965 | 333 days | Chief of the Army Staff |
| 3 | | V. V. Giri | 2 April 1965 | 13 May 1967 | 2 years, 41 days | Fourth President of India |
| 4 | | Gopal Swarup Pathak | 13 May 1967 | 30 August 1969 | 2 years, 109 days | Fourth Vice-president of India |
| - | – | Justice A. R. Somanath Iyer (Acting) | 30 August 1969 | 23 October 1969 | 54 days | Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court |
| 5 | | Dharma Vira | 23 October 1970 | 1 February 1972 | 1 year, 101 days | Governor of Punjab, Haryana, and West Bengal |
| 6 | | Mohanlal Sukhadia | 1 February 1972 | 31 October 1976 | 4 years, 273 days | Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Governor of United Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu |

## Chief ministers of Mysore State

| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term (tenure length) | Term (tenure length) | Term (tenure length) | Assembly (election) | Party | Party |
| 1 | | K. Chengalaraya Reddy | N/A | 25 October 1947 | 26 January 1950 | 2 years, 93 days | Not established yet | Indian National Congress | |

## Chief ministers of Mysore State

| # | Name | Constituency | Term (tenure length) | Term (tenure length) | Term (tenure length) | Assembly (election) | Party |
| 1 | K. Chengalaraya Reddy | N/A | 26 January 1950 | 30 March 1952 | 2 years, 64 days | Not established yet | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Kengal Hanumanthaiah | Ramanagara | 30 March 1952 | 19 August 1956 | 4 years, 142 days | 1st (1952 election) continued... | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Kadidal Manjappa | Tirthahalli | 19 August 1956 | 31 October 1956 | 73 days | 1st (1952 election) continued... | Indian National Congress |
| Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation) ||||||||||
| 4 | S. Nijalingappa | Molakalmuru | 1 November 1956 | 16 May 1958 | 1 year, 197 days | ...continued 1st (1952) | Indian National Congress |
| 4 | S. Nijalingappa | Molakalmuru | 1 November 1956 | 16 May 1958 | 1 year, 197 days | 2nd (1957) | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | B. D. Jatti | Jamkhandi | 16 May 1958 | 14 March 1962 | 3 years, 302 days | 2nd (1957) | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | S. R. Kanthi | Hungud | 14 March 1962 | 21 June 1962 | 99 days | 3rd (1962) | Indian National Congress |
| (4) | S. Nijalingappa | Shiggaon | 21 June 1962 | 29 May 1968 | 5 years, 343 days | 3rd (1962) | Indian National Congress |
| (4) | S. Nijalingappa | Bagalkot | 21 June 1962 | 29 May 1968 | 5 years, 343 days | 4th (1967) | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Veerendra Patil | Chincholi | 29 May 1968 | 18 March 1971 | 2 years, 293 days | 4th (1967) | Indian National Congress (O) |
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 19 March 1971 | 20 March 1972 | 1 year, 1 day | Dissolved | N/A |