https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=157.38.53.254Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]2026-08-17T19:27:54ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_of_Matsya&diff=274366United States of Matsya2021-05-14T19:18:28Z<p>157.38.53.254: date 17 march 1948 is wrong the correct is 18 march 1948</p>
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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
|native_name =<br />
|conventional_long_name =United State of Matsya<br />
|common_name =Matsya Union<br />
|nation = [[India]]<br />
|status_text = [[States and union territories of India|State of India]]<br />
|era = <br />
|year_start = 1948<br />
|date_start = 17 March<br />
|event_start= Merger of former [[princely state]]s, [[Alwar State|Alwar]], [[Bharatpur State|Bharatpur]], [[Dholpur State|Dholpur]], and [[Karauli State|Karauli]] after accession <br />
|year_end = 1949<br />
|date_end = 15 May<br />
|event_end= Merger into Greater Rajasthan<br />
|event1 = <br />
|date_event1 = <br />
|p1 = Alwar State<br />
|p2=Bharatpur State<br />
|p3=Dholpur State<br />
|p4=Karauli State<br />
|s1 =United State of Rajasthan<br />
|flag_p1 =Alwar flag.svg<br />
|flag_p2 =Flag of Bharatpur1.png<br />
|flag_p3 =Dholpur flag.svg<br />
|flag_p4 =Flag of Karauli.svg<br />
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg<br />
|image_flag =<br />
|image_coat = <br />
|image_map =<br />
|image_map_caption =<br />
|stat_area1 =<br />
|stat_year1 =<br />
|stat_pop1 =<br />
|footnotes =<br />
|capital =[[Alwar]]<br />
|today = [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]<br />
}}<br />
[[File:N.V. Gadgil at Bharatpur Railway Station for the inauguration of the Matsya States Union (March 1948).jpg|thumb|N.V. Gadgil at Bharatpur Railway Station for the inauguration of the Matsya States Union (March 1948)]]<br />
The '''United States of Matsya''', also called '''Matsya Union''' or '''Matsya Sangh''', was a [[States of India|State]] of [[India]] which was formed on 18 March 1948 by the merger of four erstwhile [[princely state]]s, [[Alwar State|Alwar]], [[Bharatpur State|Bharatpur]], [[Dholpur State|Dholpur]], and [[Karauli State|Karauli]] after accession.<ref name=a>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html States of India since 1947]</ref> [[Shobha Ram Kumawat]] of [[Indian National Congress]] was the first and last chief minister of the State from 18 March 1948 till 15 May 1949.<ref name=a/> Maharaja of Dholpur became its Rajpramukh.<br />
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On 15 May 1949, the Matsya Union was merged with Greater Rajasthan,<ref name=r1>{{cite web|url=https://rajassembly.nic.in/OverviewRajLegislature.aspx|title=History of Legislature in Rajasthan|publisher=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly website|access-date=2009-06-04}}</ref> to form the [[United State of Rajasthan]], which later became the state of [[Rajasthan]] on 26 January 1950.<ref name=r2>{{cite web|url=http://rajassembly.nic.in/raj-integration.htm|title=Integration of Rajasthan|publisher=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly website|access-date=2009-06-04}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:History of Rajasthan (1947–present)]]<br />
[[Category:1948 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Political integration of India]]<br />
[[Category:Historical Indian regions]]<br />
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1949]]<br />
[[Category:States and territories established in 1948]]<br />
[[Category:1949 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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