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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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 ⓘ
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 archives of the Government of India ⓘ
relatedTo Covenant of Merger ⓘ
Instrument of Accession ⓘ
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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Instrument of Accession → followedBy → Merger Agreement ⓘ