Explain the stages of unification of Rajasthan.
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Rajasthan State Formation Post Independence, Unification of Rajasthan, Stages, Rajputana, State Re-organization Act of 1956.
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5th July 1947
Post 1947 Unification of Rajasthan: Formation of state of Rajasthan. Before Independence, Rajasthan was Rajputana consisting of twenty-two small and big Princely States. On 5th July 1947 the State Secretariat was established with V. K Menon as its Secretary.
After 1947 the princely states and chiefships were integrated into India in stages, and the state took the name Rajasthan. It assumed its present form on November 1, 1956, when the States Reorganization Act came into force. Area 132,139 square miles (342,239 square km). Pop. (2011) 68,621,012.
Modern Rajasthan includes most of Rajputana, which comprises the erstwhile nineteen princely states, two chiefships, and the British district of Ajmer-Merwara.