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The Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was a state of India, uniting eight princely states between 1948 and 1956. The capital and principal city was Patiala. The state covered an area of 26,208 km 2. Shimla, Kasauli, Kandaghat and Chail also became part of PEPSU.
The Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was a former state of India. It was created out of the merger of several Punjabi princely states on 15 July 1948, formally becoming a state of India in 1950.
incorporation by Punjab. In Punjab: History of Punjab. …enlarged through incorporation of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), an amalgamation of the preindependence princely territories of Patiala, Jind, Nabha, Faridkot, Kapurthala, Kalsia, Malerkotla (Maler Kotla), and Nalagarh.
The state was inaugurated on 15 July 1948 and formally became a state of India in 1950. Successor states PEPSU state in East Punjab. On 1 November 1956, PEPSU was merged mostly into Punjab State following the States Reorganisation Act. [1]
On 1 November 1956, PEPSU ceased to be a separate entity as it was merged with the larger state of the Punjab which came into being as a result of the Partition of 1947 and recommendations of the States Reorganization Commission set up by the Government of India in 1953.
The union lasted from 1947 to 1956. It had princely states Patiala, Jind, Nabha (Phulikan Sidhu), Kapurthala, Faridkot, Malerkotla, Kalsia and Nalagarh. In today's Haryana many ir few parts of District Jind, Charkhi Dadri, Mahendergarh, Bhiwani and Gurgaon included in it.
The Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was a state of India, uniting eight princely states between 1948 and 1956. The capital and principal city was Patiala. The state covered an area of 26,208 km². Shimla, Kasauli, Kandaghat and Chail also became part of the PEPSU. History Princely states union
