Trivandrum
Princely state capital, 1795–1947
തിരുവനന്തപുരംതിരുവനന്തപുരം
Today Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Same place, renamed.
Key facts
- Historical name
- Trivandrum
- Type
- Princely state capital
- Coordinates
- 8.4875° N, 76.9525° E(seed dataset)
- Governance
- Princely state
- Record confidence
- High confidence
- Identifiers
- Q167715
A princely state under a subsidiary alliance with the British Crown. Ruled by an Indian monarch and not part of British India in the statutory sense, though part of the wider Indian Empire.
Location
Pin placed at the coordinates recorded for this place. Colonial-era boundaries are not drawn.
Description
Capital of Travancore State, given in the Imperial Gazetteer as 'Capital of Travancore State, Madras' with a population of 57,882.
Historical notes
Travancore was a subsidiary ally of the Company from 1795 and among the most literate and administratively advanced princely states. Now Thiruvananthapuram.
Administrative history
Administrative parenthood changed over time. Each row states the years it is recorded for, and the source it comes from.
| Years | Relation | Unit | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| from 1901 | Part of | TravancorePrincely state · Princely stateSnapshot from the 1901 census and the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31). End of the relationship not established; recorded as open rather than inferred. | High confidencesource |
| from 1901 | Capital of | TravancorePrincely state · Princely stateSnapshot from the 1901 census and the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31). End of the relationship not established; recorded as open rather than inferred. | High confidencesource |
Recorded names
Every documented spelling and transliteration held for this place. The historical name is canonical; modern names redirect to it.
| Name | Script | Type | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trivandrum | Latin | Historical English | — |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Latin | Modern English | — |
| Thiruvanathapuram | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| Trivandrum | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| Trivandrum City | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| തിരുവനന്തപുരം | Malayalam | Indigenous | — |
| തിരുവനന്തപുരം | Malayalam | Indigenous | — |
Records and references
- Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31), Vol. XXIV (24), p. 50
- Census of India
- Census of India, 1901, Vol. XXVI (26): Travancore
Sources
- Archive· descriptionPublic domain
Internet Archive scan: in.gov.ignca.31041, Internet Archive
Scanned volume of a pre-1929 publication (Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908–31 / Census of India 1901); public domain. Digitisation courtesy of the Internet Archive.
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Encyclopedia· generalCC BY-SA
Wikipedia: Thiruvananthapuram, Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Gazetteer· administrativeLicence unverified
Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago — the 1908–31 text is public domain, but DSAL's digital presentation states no licence; link-out only
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Database· identityCC0
Wikidata (Q167715), Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata, CC0 1.0
Retrieved 2026-08-29
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