Patiala and East Punjab States Union area

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Patiala and East Punjab States Union area was a former post-independence Indian state in the Punjab region formed by merging several princely states, including Patiala, before being reorganized into modern Punjab.

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Patiala and East Punjab States Union 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former state of India
union of princely states
administrativeStatus Part B state of India
borderedBy Himachal region princely states
Punjab (Indian state after partition) NERFINISHED
capital Patiala NERFINISHED
country India
dateEstablished 1948
dissolutionReason linguistic and administrative reorganization of Indian states
establishedAfter Independence of India
firstRajpramukh Maharaja of Patiala NERFINISHED
formedByMergerOf Faridkot State NERFINISHED
Jind State NERFINISHED
Kalsia State NERFINISHED
Kapurthala State NERFINISHED
Malerkotla State NERFINISHED
Nabha State NERFINISHED
Nalagarh State NERFINISHED
Other smaller princely states in East Punjab
Patiala State NERFINISHED
governmentType state within the Dominion of India
hadLegislature elected state assembly
hadPrincelyComponents Phulkian States NERFINISHED
headOfStateTitle Rajpramukh NERFINISHED
historicalEra Post-independence India
includedTerritoriesOf parts of present-day Haryana GENERATED
parts of present-day Himachal Pradesh GENERATED
parts of present-day Punjab, India GENERATED
laterPartOf Republic of India NERFINISHED
locatedIn North India NERFINISHED
Punjab region NERFINISHED
mergedInto Punjab State NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Punjabi NERFINISHED
partOfHistoricalRegion Greater Punjab NERFINISHED
reasonForFormation integration of princely states in East Punjab
regionType Punjab Hill and Plain States NERFINISHED
reorganizedUnder States Reorganisation in India
shortName PEPSU NERFINISHED
sovereigntyStatus not fully sovereign, federated state within India
successorState Punjab (reorganized state) NERFINISHED
timePeriod late 1940s to mid 1950s

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Cis-Sutlej states eventualIntegrationInto Patiala and East Punjab States Union area
this entity surface form: Patiala and East Punjab States Union
Sangrur historicalRegion Patiala and East Punjab States Union area