Page:Acts of the Parliament of India 1956.djvu/684
Formation of Kerala State. 5. (1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new Part A State to be known as the State of Kerala comprising the following territories, namely:—
- (a) the territories of the existing State of Travancore-Cochin, excluding the territories transferred to the State of Madras by section 4; and
- (b) the territories comprised in—
- (i) Malabar district, excluding the islands of Laccadive and Minicoy, and
- (ii) Kasaragod taluk of South Kanara district;
and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the States of Travancore-Cochin and Madras, respectively.
(2) The territories specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall form a separate district to be known as Malabar district in the State of Kerala.
Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands. 6. As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new Part C State to be known as the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands comprising the Laccadive and Minicoy Islands in the Malabar district and the Amindivi Islands in the South Kanara district; and thereupon the said Islands shall cease to form part of the existing State of Madras.
Formation of a new Mysore State. 7. (1) As from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new Part A State to be known as the State of Mysore comprising the following territorie7, namely:—
- (a) the territories of the existing State of Mysore;
- (b) Belgaum district except Chandgad taluka and Bijapur, Dharwar and Kanara districts, in the existing State of Bombay;
- (c) Gulbarga district except Kodangal and Tandur taluks, Raichur district except Alampur and Gadwal taluks, and Bidar district except Ahmadpur, Nilanga and Udgir taluks and the portions specified in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 3, in the existing State of Hyderabad;
- (d) South Kanara district except Kasaragod taluk and Amindivi Islands, and Kollegal taluk of Coimbatore district, in the State of Madras; and
- (e) the territories of the existing State of Coorg;