How is the city pronounced in Tamil that Kanniyakumari railway station serves?
Kanniyakumari railway station Kanniyakumari railway station (Station code: CAPE) is a railway terminus of the Indian Railways serving the coastal city of Kanyakumari in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Merger of Kanyakumari with Madras State The present-day Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu state in India was originally a part of the Travancore-Cochin state. Between 1945 and 1956, especially after the Government of India announced plans to reorganize states along linguistic lines, the people of Tamil-majority Kanyakumari campaigned for its inclusion in the Madras State (later Tamil Nadu) instead of the Malayalam-majority Kerala state. In Tamil, the campaign is also known as "Therkku Ellai Porattam" ("South Frontier Struggle").