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Until 1-8-1986, the State was divided into 4 divisions comprising 19 districts, 49 sub-divisions and 175 taluks. With the creation of Bangalore Rural District in the same year the number of districts rose from 19 to 20 while the number of sub-divisions and taluks remained the same. Bangalore Rural, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Mandya, Shimoga and Tumkur constitute the old Mysore state as it existed from 1799 to 1953. The present Bellary district was transferred to Mysore from Madras state in October 1953 by which time the princely state of Sandur was already merged in the district. Kodagu district as it exists now was a group C state. The present Dakshina Kannada district was part of Madras Presidency till 1.11.1956, as also Kollegal taluk of Coimbatore district which was included in Mysore district. The present districts of Belgaum, Bijapur, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag and Uttara Kannada districts were in Bombay State. The whole or portions of former princely state viz. Ramdurg, Jhamkandi, Miraj Senior, Miraj Junior, Kholapur, Kurundwad Junior, Sangli, Audh, Mudhol and Savanur are found interspersed in Belgaum, Bijapur and Dharwad districts.
Earlier the district of Bijapur, Belgaum and Dharwad and Uttara Kannada were under the Bombay Presidency. These districts constitute Belgaum division. The districts of Gulbarga, Bidar and Raichur were in the former Hyderabad state. They constitute Gulbarga Division with Bellary district merged from Madras Presidency. Kodagu, a group C state ruled by a Commissioner was made into a separate district and was merged into Mysore Division into which Dakshina Kannada, Mandya, Shimoga, Hassan, Chikmagalur and Mysore were included. Kollegal taluk from Coimbatore district was made a part of Mysore district. Bangalore division has Bangalore, Bangalore Rural, Tumkur, Chitradurga and Kolar.
The areas now included in Karnataka experienced administrative changes necessitated by the merger of princely states, by Federal Financial Integration and by State's Reorganisation. As many as 573 villages which formed part of 13 States have been merged in Belgaum, Bijapur and Dharwad districts. Sandur State was merged in the Bellary district. The merger rendered it necessary to extend the administative system and laws of the absorbing unit to the merged areas. There was also the problem of integration of services. Federal Financial Integration affected only the areas which formed part of the former princely states of Mysore and Hyderabad. The departments in these states which were dealing exclusively with subjects in the Union List such as Railways, Posts and Telecommunications, Broadcasting, etc., were transferred to the Central Government. Composite departments like the Excise Department and the Income Tax and Sales Tax on income had to be bifurcated and the staff, records etc., attributable to the subjects in the Union list were transferred to the Central Government. The State Reorganisation was implemented on 1st November 1956 which resulted in the District officers being designated as the Deputy Commissioners in the whole state and they were assisted by the Assistant Commissioners at sub-divisional levels and the Tahsildars at the taluk levels. Related Keywords of Administration of Karnataka Judicial Administration
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