Merger Agreement
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The Merger Agreement was the post-independence legal instrument through which numerous princely states in India formally unified and integrated into larger administrative units or the Indian Union.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merger Agreement canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal instrument
ⓘ
post-independence Indian legal document ⓘ treaty ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
princely states of India
ⓘ
smaller princely states merged into unions ⓘ states that did not directly become Part A provinces ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
V. P. Menon
ⓘ
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
surface form:
Vallabhbhai Patel
|
| basedOn |
Indian Independence Act 1947
ⓘ
constitutional policy of integration of Indian States ⓘ |
| category |
Indian constitutional history
ⓘ
post-colonial state formation ⓘ treaties of India ⓘ |
| consequence |
integration of defence, communications and external affairs under India
ⓘ
loss of independent diplomatic status of princely states ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| defines | terms of merger of princely states ⓘ |
| endTime | early 1950s ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| follows | Instrument of Accession ⓘ |
| governingLaw | law of India ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
facilitated creation of a unified Indian Union
ⓘ
key instrument in political integration of India ⓘ |
| implementedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| implementedUnder | Constituent Assembly policies ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | territory of former princely states ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalEffect |
cession of sovereignty by princely rulers
ⓘ
extinguishing of separate international personality of princely states ⓘ transfer of administration to the Government of India ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy | Ministry of States of India ⓘ |
| precondition | acceptance by the ruler of the princely state ⓘ |
| purpose |
integration of princely states into larger administrative units
ⓘ
unification of princely states into the Indian Union ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
National Archives of India
ⓘ
surface form:
archives of the Government of India
|
| relatedTo |
Covenant of Merger
ⓘ
Instrument of Accession ⓘ States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
surface form:
States Reorganisation Act 1956
|
| result |
consolidation of Indian territory
ⓘ
formation of Part B states in India ⓘ integration of smaller princely states into unions of states ⓘ |
| scope |
internal administration of merged states
ⓘ
privileges and privy purses of rulers ⓘ |
| signatory |
Government of India
ⓘ
rulers of princely states ⓘ |
| startTime | 1947 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-independence era of India ⓘ |
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