Thus, coorg province became coorg state The book mainly deals with the circumstances leading to the unpopular merger of the erstwhile coorg state (now known as kodagu district) with karnataka in 1956. Coorg state was ruled by a chief commissioner with mercara as its capital
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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 (later renamed as karnataka in 1973).
1952 coorg state legislative assembly election Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951 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. Pages in category former states and territories of india the following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total This list may not reflect recent changes.