Central Division (Travancore)

Quilon
Division of Travancore
1856–1949
Location of Central Travancore
Capital	Quilon
History
• Type	Monarchy
Historical era	Travancore
• Established	1856
• Disestablished	1949
Today part of	Kerala, India

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 — Kottayam, Karthikapally, Changanacherry, Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Ambalappuzha, Chengannur, Kunnathur, Karunagappalli, Pandalam, Mavelikkara, Quilon and Kottarakara. The headquarters was the town of Quilon.

See also[]

• Northern Division (Travancore)
• Southern Division (Travancore)
• Trivandrum Division

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