The merger of two princely states of India, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin" id="mwAYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cochin">Cochin</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travancore" id="mwAYE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Travancore">Travancore</a>, into the state of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiru-Kochi" id="mwAYI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thiru-Kochi">Thiru-Kochi</a> (later re-organized as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" id="mwAYM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_royal_family" id="mwAYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cochin royal family">Cochin royal family</a>.