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Padmanabhapuram | |
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Municipality | |
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  Padmanabhapuram Padmanabhapuram, Tamil Nadu  Padmanabhapuram Padmanabhapuram (India) | |
| Coordinates: 8°14′41″N 77°20′12″E / 8.244600°N 77.336700°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Kanniyakumari |
| Government | |
| • Type | Second Grade Municipality |
| • Body | Padmanabhapuram Municipality |
| Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 21,342 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 629175 |
| Telephone code | 04651 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-75 & TN-74 |
| Website | https://kanniyakumari.nic.in/ |
Padmanabhapuram (Malayalam: [pɐd̪mɐnaːbʰɐpuɾɐm]) is a town and a municipality near Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 21,342. Padmanabhapuram was the capital of Travancore state in the past. In 1795, the King of Travancore, Rama Varma (known as Dharma Raja moved the capital from Padmanabhapuram to Thruvananthapuram. At that time the boundaries of Travancore state included half the area of modem Kerala state. In 1947, after independence, Padmanabhapuram became part of Travancore-Cochin state When Indian states ware reorganized on the basis of language. In 1957, Padmanabhapuram along with other Tamil-speaking areas were ceded to Madras State, while the Malayalam-speaking areas became part of Kerala. Later the name of Madras State was changed to Tamil Nadu.