Unification of Karnataka

Present map of Karnataka. Only South Karnataka was Mysore State from 1947 to 1956.

The Unification of Karnataka or Karnataka Ekikarana refers to the formation of the Indian state of Karnataka (then named Mysore State) in 1956 when several Indian states were created by redrawing borders based on linguistic demographics. Decades earlier during British rule, the demand for a state based on Kannada demographics had been made.


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