Quilon Division

Quilon Division, sometimes referred to as the Central Division was one of three (or four) administrative subdivisions of the princely state of Travancore in what is now India. It was administered by a civil servant of rank Diwan Peishkar equivalent to a District Collector in British India and consisted of eight taluks — Ambalappura, Chenganur, Kunnattur, Karungapalli, Karthikapalli, Mavelikkara, Quilon, Adoor, Kottarakara, Thiruvalla. The headquarters was the town of Quilon.