The State Peoples Conference held at Ernakulam
(1928) was the earliest resolution on the subject of
united Kerala.
The Payyannur Political Conference held in May
1928 under the Presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru also
supported the Aikya Kerala Movement.
An Aikya Kerala Conference was held at Trichur
in April 1947 under the presidentship of K.
Kelappan.
The Cochin Maharaja Sri Kerala Varma proposed
the idea of uniting Cochin and Travancore.
On July 1, 1949 the State of Travancore Cochin
came into existence. The Maharaja of Travancore
became the Rajapramukh of the New State.
Panampalli Govinda Menon was the last Chief Minister
of Travancore Cochin State. The fall of his
ministry was followed by the first spell of
President’s Rule in Kerala.
The first popular ministry in Travancore Cochin
was headed by T.K. Narayana Pillai, the Chief Minister
of Travancore, at the time of the integration.
The state of Kerala formally came into existence or
November 1, 1956.
The first general elections to the Kerala state Legislature
were held in February and March 1957.
Communist Ministry under the chiefministership
of E.M.S. Namboothiripad came to power.
The agitation known as ‘‘Vimochana Samaram’’
or ‘Liberation struggle’ began on June 12, 1959
under the leadership of Mannathu Padmanabhan
to overthrow the Communist Ministry.
The Ministry collapsed and the President’s rule
under the Article 356, for the first time began on
31st July 1959.