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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 km². Shimla, Kasauli, Kandaghat and Chail also became part of the PEPSU.
Princely states union Edit
It was created by combining eight princely states, which maintained their native rulers :
Six Salute states
Patiala, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 17-guns (19-guns local)
Jind, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns personal and local)
Kapurthala, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns personal and local)
Nabha, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns local):
Faridkot, title Raja, Hereditary salutes of 11-guns
Malerkotla, title Nawab, Hereditary salute of 11-guns
and two Non-salute states
Kalsia, title Raja (till 1916 Sardar)
Nalagarh, title Raja.
The state was inaugurated on 15 July 1948 and formally became a state of India in 1950.
PEPSU state in East Punjab
On 1 November 1956, PEPSU was merged mostly into Punjab State following the States Reorganisation Act.[1]
A part of the former state of PEPSU, including the present day Jind district and the Narnaul tehsil in north Haryana as well as the Loharu tehsil, Charkhi Dadri district and Mahendragarh district in southwest Haryana, presently lie within the state of Haryana, which was separated from Punjab on 1 November 1966. Some other areas that belonged to PEPSU, notably Solan and Nalagarh, now lie in the state of Himachal Pradesh.