Travancore-Cochin

Travancore -Cochin ( Thiru - Kochi) was established on 1 July 1949 as the Federation of 1947 has again become sovereign princely states of Travancore and Cochin, which occurred on the same date the connection to India ( see History of India). On January 1, 1950 Travancore -Cochin was a state of the category B by the Maharaja of Travancore as Rajpramukh (Head of State ) under the new Constitution of the Indian Union. On November 1, 1956, the principalities were abolished and merged the state with the Malabar district of the Madras State to the new state of Kerala. The extreme south is the state of Madras incorporated as a district of Kanyakumari ( Tamil Nadu since 1969 ).

The items in the two countries in 1949, also joined. Their stamps were initially imprints (TC or USTC = United State of Travanvore and Cochin), and 1950 were still produced their own Travancore -Cochin - brands that were valid until 30 June 1951. The state had in 1951 an area of ​​23,700 km ² and 9.3 million inhabitants.