Travancore, that they retained in the modern-state of Kerala. Pattom came up with a colonisation project to re-engineer the demography of Cardamom Hills. His colonisation project was to relocate 8,000 Malayalam-speaking families into the Taluks of Devikulam and Peermade. About 50,000 acres in these Taluks, which were Tamil-majority area, were chosen for the colonisation project. As a victory of the Colonisation project done by post-independence Travancore, these two Taluks and a larger portion of Cardamom Hills retained in the state of Kerala, after States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Chief Ministers Subdivisions The state had 4 districts which were divided into 36 taluks. References Further reading History of Kochi Kingdom of Travancore Kingdom of Cochin History of Kerala (1947–present) History of Thiruvananthapuram History of Tamil Nadu (1947–present) Former states and territories of India