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পূর্ব পাঞ্জাব রাজ্য ইউনিয়ন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পাতিয়ালা ও পূর্ব পাঞ্জাব রাজ্য ইউনিয়ন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union" title="Patiala and East Punjab States Union – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Patiala and East Punjab States Union" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C3%B3n_de_Estados_de_Patiala_y_de_Punyab_Oriental" title="Unión de Estados de Patiala y de Punyab Oriental – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Unión de Estados de Patiala y de Punyab Oriental" data-language-autonym="Español" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/PEPSU_in_India_%281951%29.svg/330px-PEPSU_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/PEPSU_in_India_%281951%29.svg/440px-PEPSU_in_India_%281951%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span><br /><small>1951 map of India. The Patiala and East Punjab States Union is shown forming <a href="/wiki/Enclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Enclave">enclaves</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">East Punjab</a>.</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patiala" title="Patiala">Patiala</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-former-subdiv-fake-li">• 1951</div></th><td class="infobox-data">26,208 km<sup>2</sup> (10,119 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1951 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,493,685</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> • Type</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">Democracy</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union_Legislative_Assembly" title="Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly">Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• State Established </div></th><td class="infobox-data">15 July 1948</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• State Disestablished </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1 November 1956</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; 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margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab, India</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Haryana,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Haryana, India">Haryana, India</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Himachal Pradesh, India">Himachal Pradesh, India</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh" title="Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data">India</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Patiala and East Punjab States Union</b> (<b>PEPSU</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, uniting eight <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely states</a> between 1948 and 1956. The capital and principal city was <a href="/wiki/Patiala" title="Patiala">Patiala</a>. The state covered an area of 26,208 km<sup>2</sup>. <a href="/wiki/Shimla" title="Shimla">Shimla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kasauli" title="Kasauli">Kasauli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kandaghat" title="Kandaghat">Kandaghat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chail,_Himachal_Pradesh" title="Chail, Himachal Pradesh">Chail</a> also became part of PEPSU. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Princely_states_union">Princely states union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Princely states union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was created by combining eight <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely states</a>, which maintained their native rulers : </p> <dl><dt>Six <a href="/wiki/Salute_state" title="Salute state">Salute states</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patiala_State" title="Patiala State">Patiala</a>, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 17-guns (119-guns local)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jind_State" title="Jind State">Jind</a>, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns personal and local)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapurthala_State" title="Kapurthala State">Kapurthala</a>, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns personal and local)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabha_State" title="Nabha State">Nabha</a>, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns local):</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faridkot_State" title="Faridkot State">Faridkot</a>, title Raja, Hereditary salutes of 11-guns</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malerkotla_State" title="Malerkotla State">Malerkotla</a>, title Nawab, Hereditary salute of 11-guns</li></ul> <dl><dt>and two Non-salute states</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalsia_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalsia State">Kalsia</a>, title Raja (till 1916 Sardar)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalagarh_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Nalagarh State">Nalagarh</a>, title Raja.</li></ul> <p>The state was inaugurated on 15 July 1948 and formally became a <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">state of India</a> in 1950. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Successor_states">Successor states</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Successor states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Punjab_1951-66.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Punjab_1951-66.svg/475px-Punjab_1951-66.svg.png" decoding="async" width="475" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Punjab_1951-66.svg/713px-Punjab_1951-66.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Punjab_1951-66.svg/950px-Punjab_1951-66.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1055" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>PEPSU state in <a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">East Punjab</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 November 1956, PEPSU was merged mostly into <a href="/wiki/Punjab_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab State">Punjab State</a> following the <a href="/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="States Reorganisation Act">States Reorganisation Act</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A part of the former state of PEPSU, including the present day <a href="/wiki/Jind_district" title="Jind district">Jind district</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Narnaul" title="Narnaul">Narnaul</a> tehsil in north Haryana as well as the Loharu tehsil, <a href="/wiki/Charkhi_Dadri_district" title="Charkhi Dadri district">Charkhi Dadri district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mahendragarh_district" title="Mahendragarh district">Mahendragarh district</a> in southwest Haryana, presently lie within the state of <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, which was <a href="/wiki/Partition_(politics)" title="Partition (politics)">separated</a> from <a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">Punjab</a> on 1 November 1966. Some other areas that belonged to PEPSU, notably <a href="/wiki/Solan" title="Solan">Solan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nalagarh" title="Nalagarh">Nalagarh</a>, now lie in the state of <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rajpramukh_and_Uparajpramukh">Rajpramukh and Uparajpramukh</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rajpramukh and Uparajpramukh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>S. no. </th> <th>Rajpramukh </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th colspan="3">Tenure </th> <th>Uparajpramukh </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Appointed by </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Yadavindra_Singh" title="Yadavindra Singh">Yadavindra Singh</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yadvinder_Singh_Mahendra_Bahadur_(1971).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yadvinder_Singh_Mahendra_Bahadur_%281971%29.jpg/75px-Yadvinder_Singh_Mahendra_Bahadur_%281971%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yadvinder_Singh_Mahendra_Bahadur_%281971%29.jpg/113px-Yadvinder_Singh_Mahendra_Bahadur_%281971%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Yadvinder_Singh_Mahendra_Bahadur_%281971%29.jpg/150px-Yadvinder_Singh_Mahendra_Bahadur_%281971%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1769" data-file-height="2358" /></a></span> </td> <td>15 July 1948 </td> <td>1 November 1956 </td> <td>8 years, 109 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jagatjit_Singh" title="Jagatjit Singh">Jagatjit Singh</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maharaja_de_kapurthala_jagatjit_singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Maharaja_de_kapurthala_jagatjit_singh.jpg/75px-Maharaja_de_kapurthala_jagatjit_singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Maharaja_de_kapurthala_jagatjit_singh.jpg/113px-Maharaja_de_kapurthala_jagatjit_singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Maharaja_de_kapurthala_jagatjit_singh.jpg/150px-Maharaja_de_kapurthala_jagatjit_singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/C._Rajagopalachari" title="C. Rajagopalachari">C. Rajagopalachari</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chief_Ministers">Chief Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chief Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" id="pm_list" style="width:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="5px">No </th> <th colspan="1" rowspan="2" width="100px">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name <p><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span><br /> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Constituency)</span> </p> </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2">Time in office </th> <th rowspan="2">Party<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Alliance/ Partner)</span> </th> <th rowspan="2">Assembly <br />(Election) </th> <th rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number">Appointed by </th></tr> <tr> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Premier (1948–1952) </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="wheat"><b>-</b> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> </td> <td bgcolor="wheat"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png/75px-Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png/113px-Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png/150px-Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="846" /></a></span> </td> <td bgcolor="wheat"><a href="/wiki/Gian_Singh_Rarewala" title="Gian Singh Rarewala">Gian Singh Rarewala</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1901-1979)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">( – )</span> </td> <td bgcolor="wheat">15 July 1948 </td> <td bgcolor="wheat">13 January 1949 </td> <td bgcolor="wheat"><span data-sort-value="7002182000000000000♠"></span>182 days </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Not Yet Created </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Yadavindra_Singh" title="Yadavindra Singh">Yadavindra Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png/75px-Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png/113px-Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png/150px-Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="846" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gian_Singh_Rarewala" title="Gian Singh Rarewala">Gian Singh Rarewala</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1901-1979)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">( – )</span> </td> <td>13 January 1949 </td> <td>23 May 1951 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002860000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 130 days </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg/75px-Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg/113px-Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg/150px-Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="155" data-file-height="198" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raghbir_Singh_(chief_minister)" title="Raghbir Singh (chief minister)">Raghbir Singh</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1895-1955)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">( – )</span> </td> <td>23 May 1951 </td> <td>21 April 1952 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002699000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 333 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Chief Minister (1952–1956) </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg/75px-Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg/113px-Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg/150px-Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="155" data-file-height="198" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raghbir_Singh_(chief_minister)" title="Raghbir Singh (chief minister)">Raghbir Singh</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1895-1955)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Patiala Sadar)</span> </td> <td>21 April 1952 </td> <td>22 April 1952 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠"></span>1 day </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1st<br />(<a href="/wiki/1952_Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election">1952</a>) </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Yadavindra_Singh" title="Yadavindra Singh">Yadavindra Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#DDDDDD"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png/75px-Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png/113px-Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png/150px-Gian_Singh_Rarewala_ex_CM.png 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="846" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gian_Singh_Rarewala" title="Gian Singh Rarewala">Gian Singh Rarewala</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1901-1979)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Amloh)</span> </td> <td>22 April 1952 </td> <td>5 March 1953 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002317000000000000♠"></span>317 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">IND</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/1952_Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union_Legislative_Assembly_election#United_Democratic_Front" title="1952 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election">UDF</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">(i) </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/61px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="61" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/91px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/121px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="933" /></a></span> </td> <td>Vacant<sup id="cite_ref-PR_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PR-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br />(<a href="/wiki/President%27s_rule" title="President's rule">President's rule</a>) </td> <td>5 March 1953 </td> <td>8 March 1954 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002368000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 3 days </td> <td colspan="2">- </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad" title="Rajendra Prasad">Rajendra Prasad</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(1) </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg/75px-Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg/113px-Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg/150px-Col._Raghbir_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="155" data-file-height="198" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raghbir_Singh_(chief_minister)" title="Raghbir Singh (chief minister)">Raghbir Singh</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1895-1955)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Patiala Sadar)</span> </td> <td>8 March 1954 </td> <td>12 January 1955<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_dd"><a href="#endnote_dd">[d]</a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002310000000000000♠"></span>310 days </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">2nd <br />(<a href="/wiki/1954_Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1954 Patiala and East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly election">1954</a>) </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Yadavindra_Singh" title="Yadavindra Singh">Yadavindra Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brish_Bhan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Brish_Bhan.png/75px-Brish_Bhan.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Brish_Bhan.png/113px-Brish_Bhan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Brish_Bhan.png/150px-Brish_Bhan.png 2x" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="801" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brish_Bhan" title="Brish Bhan">Brish Bhan</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908-1988)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Kalayat)</span> </td> <td>12 January 1955 </td> <td>1 November 1956<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_pdpd"><a href="#endnote_pdpd">[pd]</a></sup> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002659000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 294 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Chief_Minister">Deputy Chief Minister</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Deputy Chief Minister"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Sr. No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th colspan="2">Political Party </th> <th>Chief Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">1 </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brish_Bhan" title="Brish Bhan">Brish Bhan</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brish_Bhan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Brish_Bhan.png/75px-Brish_Bhan.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Brish_Bhan.png/113px-Brish_Bhan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Brish_Bhan.png/150px-Brish_Bhan.png 2x" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="801" /></a></span> </td> <td>23 May 1951 </td> <td>21 April 1952 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Raghbir_Singh_(Chief_Minister)" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghbir Singh (Chief Minister)">Raghbir Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 March 1954 </td> <td>12 January 1955 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Institutions">Institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union_-_PEPSU_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union_-_PEPSU_logo.jpg/220px-Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union_-_PEPSU_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union_-_PEPSU_logo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) coat of arms in the inauguration stone of <a href="/wiki/Government_Medical_College,_Patiala" title="Government Medical College, Patiala">Government Medical College, Patiala</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heads_of_state_and_government">Heads of state and government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Heads of state and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the state was formed, the then-<a href="/wiki/Maharaja_of_Patiala" title="Maharaja of Patiala">Maharaja of Patiala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yadavindra_Singh" title="Yadavindra Singh">Yadavindra Singh</a>, was appointed its <a href="/wiki/Rajpramukh" title="Rajpramukh">Rajpramukh</a> (equivalent to Governor). He remained in office during the entire length of the state's short existence. The then <a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kapurthala" title="Kapurthala">Kapurthala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jagatjit_Singh_of_Kapurthala" class="mw-redirect" title="Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala">Jagatjit Singh</a>, served as <a href="/wiki/Uparajpramukh" class="mw-redirect" title="Uparajpramukh">Uparajpramukh</a> (lieutenant-governor).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gian_Singh_Rarewala" title="Gian Singh Rarewala">Gian Singh Rarewala</a> was sworn in on 13 January 1949 as the first <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister">Chief Minister</a> of PEPSU. Col. Raghbir Singh became the next Chief Minister on 23 May 1951, and Brish Bhan the Deputy Chief Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-PEPSU_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PEPSU-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state elected a 60-member state legislative assembly on 6 January 1952. The <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress Party</a> won 26 seats and the <a href="/wiki/Akali_Dal" class="mw-redirect" title="Akali Dal">Akali Dal</a> won 19 seats.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 22 April 1952, Gian Singh Rarewala again became Chief Minister, this time an elected one. He led a coalition government, called the "United Front", formed by the Akali Dal and various independents. On 5 March 1953 his government was dismissed and President's rule was imposed on the state.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the mid-term poll that followed, the Congress party secured a majority and Raghbir Singh became Chief Minister on 8 March 1954. Upon his death, Brish Bhan became the Chief Minister on 12 January 1955 and remained in office as last incumbent.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subdivisions">Subdivisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Initially, in 1948, the state was divided into the following eight districts: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Patiala" title="Patiala">Patiala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabha" title="Nabha">Nabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jind" title="Jind">Jind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faridkot_district" title="Faridkot district">Faridkot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalsian" title="Kalsian">Kalsian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapurthala" title="Kapurthala">Kapurthala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malerkotla" title="Malerkotla">Malerkotla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalagarh" title="Nalagarh">Nalagarh</a></li></ol> <p>In 1953, the number of districts was reduced from eight to five. Barnala district became part of Sangrur district and Kohistan and <a href="/wiki/Fatehgarh" title="Fatehgarh">Fatehgarh</a> districts became part of Patiala district.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were four Lok Sabha constituencies in this state. Three of them were single-seat constituency: <a href="/wiki/Mahendragarh_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahendragarh (Lok Sabha constituency)">Mohindergarh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sangrur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangrur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Sangrur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patiala_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Patiala (Lok Sabha constituency)">Patiala</a>. The Kapurthala-Bhatinda Lok Sabha constituency was a double-seat constituency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The state had a population of 3,493,685 (1951 census), of which 19% was urban. The population density was 133/km<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-PR-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PR_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/President%27s_rule" title="President's rule">President's rule</a></i> may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://indiacode.nic.in/qrydisp.asp?tfnm=195637%20&tfnm2=11">"States Reorganisation Act, 1956"</a>. 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"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rediff.co.in/news/2005/mar/15spec1.htm">A dummy's guide to President's rule</a>". <a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com">Rediff.com</a>. 15 March 2005.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PEPSU-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PEPSU_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eos.learnpunjabi.org/PATIALA%20AND%20EAST%20PUNJAB%20STATES%20UNION.html">"Research Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi Language, Literature and Culture, Punjabi University, Patiala"</a>. Punjabi University<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 November</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Patiala+and+East+Punjab+States+Union&rft.pub=The+Sikh+Encyclopedia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesikhencyclopedia.com%2Fother-historical-places%2Fpunjab%2Fpatiala-and-east-punjab-states-union&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APatiala+and+East+Punjab+States+Union" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Singh, Gursharan (1991). <i>History of PEPSU, India: Patiala and East Punjab States Union, 1948-1956</i>, Delhi: Konark Publishers, 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