History
It is presumed that the regions that form the district were formerly under the Pandalam reign, which had connections with the Pandya kingdom. When Pandalam was added to the princely state Travancore in 1820, the region came under Travancore administration.
In 1930's, the Pathanamthitta district was the center of the "Reunion Movement" within the Malankara Orthodox Church which lead to part of that denomination joining the Catholic Church as the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.
The district was formed on November 1, 1982 in the interest of speeding up development. The formation was done by incorporating various portions of the erstwhile Kollam, Alappuzha and Idukki districts. While the taluks Pathanamthitta, Adoor, Ranni, Konni and Kozhencherry were taken from Kollam district, Thiruvalla and Mallappally were taken from Alappuzha district.
In 2010, the area of the Pathanamthitta district became the Eparchy of Pathanamthitta for the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, splitting off from the Major Archieparchy of Trivandrum.
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