Kodagu district is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956,it was an administratively separate Coorg State,at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State.
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. SM Krishna had served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at various times from 1971 to 2014. In 2023,Krishna was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian award of India.
Kollur Mallappa,also referred to as Malappa Lingappa Kollur was the first President of Hyderabad Pradesh Congress Committee,prior to the merger of Hyderabad state into Andhra Pradesh. He was a Member of Parliament from Raichur,now in Karnataka for several terms. He was a mentor of the late Indian Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao,several leaders like Virendra Patil,Shivraj Patil,S.B. Chavan and G. Venkataswamy,etc. He founded the Kuruba Sangham and the Kuruba hostel in Hyderabad.
The Government of Karnataka,abbreviated as GoK,or simply Karnataka Government,formerly Government of Mysore,is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka. The governor who is appointed for five years appoints the chief minister and on the advice of the chief minister appoints his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state,the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his council of ministers in whom a great amount of legislative powers are vested.
The district of Kodagu in present-day Karnataka comprises the area of the former princely state of the same name.
Kyasamballi Chengaluraya Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Mysore State. Reddy later served as the governor of Madhya Pradesh.
Rama Gundu Rao was the Chief Minister of Karnataka state from 1980 to 1983.
Rao Bahadur Pemmanda K. Monnappa was a police officer of South India. He served in three Southern states,Madras,Hyderabad and Mysore (Karnataka),at different times. However,he is to be best remembered for his contributions towards the integration of Hyderabad into the Union. Monnappa had a career in the Public Service reflected by his titles and medals.
Coorg State was a Part-C state in India which existed from 1950 to 1956. 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 Mercara as its capital. The head of the government was the 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. Presently,Coorg forms a district of Karnataka state.
The 1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election was held to constitute the Coorg Legislative Assembly,electing members of legislature for 18 constituencies of the erstwhile Indian State of Coorg. It took place on 27 March 1952 and a total of 87,947 people voted 24 out of 60 candidates to power. This was the only election to the assembly before the State was merged into Mysore as per the States Reorganisation Act in 1956.
Gundugutti M. Manjanathaya was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. Born as G. M. Manjanath,he was a prominent coffee planter and lived in the village of Gundugutti in Somwarpet taluk in Kodagu district.
Pandyanda I. Belliappa was a Gandhian,a freedom fighter and politician from the erstwhile state of Coorg.
Nidemane Somana was an Indian politician and lawyer. He was an Indian National Congress leader in Coorg State and served as the Member of Parliament for the state in the first legislature after the independence of India.
Coorg was a constituency of the Lok Sabha. It was used in the parliamentary election of 1951–1952. The constituency elected a single member of the Lok Sabha and was the sole Lok Sabha seat for the Coorg State. As of 1952,the constituency had 94,593 eligible voters.
South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Madras State. This seat came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act,1956,it ceased to exist.
Atthur is a small village near Gonikoppa in Virajpet Taluk of Kodagu District,Karnataka State,India. It comes under Guhya Panchayath. It belongs to Mysore Division. It is located 37 km (23 mi) towards South from District headquarters Madikeri and 240 km (150 mi) from State capital Bangalore.
Kuttur is a small village in Somwarpet Taluk in Kodagu District of Karnataka State,India. It comes under Shanivarsanthe Hobli. It belongs to Mysore Division. It is located 12 km towards east from District headquarters Madikeri. 28 km from Somvarpet,162 km from Mangalore and 234 km from State capital Bangalore.
Kittur Mallappa was the lone Home Minister of Coorg State from 1952 to 1956. He was a Legislator for Shanivarsanthe of Coorg (Kodagu) from 1952–1957 and for Mercara from 1957 till his death in 1966.
