Central Division (Travancore)

Central Division, sometimes referred to as the Quilon Division was one of three (or four) administrative subdivisions of the princely state of Travancore in what is now Kerala. It was administered by a civil servant of rank Diwan Peishkar equivalent to a District Collector in British India and consisted of 8 taluks Karthikapally, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Ambalappuzha, Chengannur, Kunnathur, Karunagappalli, Pandalam, Mavelikkara, Quilon and Kottarakara. The headquarters was the town of Quilon.

Quilon
Division of Travancore
1856–1949

Location of Central Travancore
CapitalQuilon
History
  TypeMonarchy
Historical eraTravancore
 Established
1856
 Disestablished
1949
Today part ofKerala, India

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