Trivandrum Division was an administrative division of the princely state of Travancore, located to the south of Quilon or central Travancore.[1] It was composed of eight taluks — Chirayinkir, Nedumangadu, Neyyattankara, Pattanapuram, Shenkotta, North Trivandrum and South Trivandrum and was administered by a civil servant of rank Diwan Peishkar equivalent to a District Collector in British India.[2] The administrative headquarters were at Trivandrum which was also the seat of the Travancore government and the residence of the Maharajah.

Southern Division
Division of Travancore
1856–1949

Location of Travancore
CapitalPadmanabhapuram
 • TypeMonarchy
Historical eraBritish Raj
• Established
1856
• Disestablished
1949
Today part ofKerala and Tamil Nadu, India

In 1921, the eight taluks of Trivandrum were merged with Southern Division. Since then, the Southern Division was called Trivandrum Division.

Before the formation of the Travancore Kingdom, Southern Travancore, Padmanabhapuram, and the Trivandrum division were part of Venad (kingdom) (previously known as Quilon), with its capital at Quilon. Quilon Kingdom covered present-day four southern Kerala districts and Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. Kollam, Pathanamthitta district, and the northern Trivandrum districts were situated to the north of Quilon. Kanyakumari district and the south-central Trivandrum district were situated to the south of Quilon.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Shungoony Menon, P. (1878). A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times (pdf). Madras: Higgin Botham & Co. p. 486. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ Thomas Foulkes (1864). A classbook of the geography of Travancore.
  3. ^ Thomas Foulkes (1864). A classbook of the geography of Travancore.
  4. ^ Shungoony Menon, P. (1878). A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times (pdf). Madras: Higgin Botham & Co. p. 486. Retrieved 5 May 2016.