GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF STATES
WHITE PAPER
ON
INDIAN STATES
PRINTED IN INDIA BY THE MANAGER GOVT. OF
INDIA PRESS, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY
THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS DELHI; 1950
CONTENTS Pages 1-3 4-6 7 8 9 9 11 12 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 20 20 21 22 24 26 28 28 31
32 32 33 34 35 35 36 36 36 38 38 39 39 41 42 42 43 43 43 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 47 48 48 48 49
49 50 52 53 55 57 58 59 60 60 63-67 - VIII.CONSOLIDATION
68 69 71 73 74 76 77 79 80 82 84 86 86 93 93 94 95 97 99 99 100
102 105 106 109 111 111 113 113 114 116 117 119 119 120 125 126 128 129 129 - XII.IN RETROSPECT—
133 134 135 137 140 141 141 142 145
APPENDICES
Pages
I. | 149 |
II. | 153 |
III. | 154 |
IV. | 156 |
V. | 157 |
VI. | 160 |
VII. | 165 |
VIII. | 169 |
IX. | 173 |
X. | 175 |
XI. | 178 |
XII. | 180 |
XIII. | 183 |
XIV. | 185 |
XV. | 189 |
XVI. | 190 |
XVII. | 193 |
XVIII. | 197 |
XIX. | 198 |
XX. | 201 |
XXI. | 203 |
XXII. | 206 |
XXIII. | 209 |
XXIV. | 213 |
XXV. | 215 |
XXVI. | 217 |
XXVII. | 219 |
XXVIII. | 221 |
XXIX. | 223 |
XXX. | 226 |
XXXI. | 229 |
XXXII. | 232 |
XXXIII. | 235 |
XXXIV. | 239 |
XXXV. | 248 |
XXXVI. | 249 |
XXXVII. | 252 |
XXXVIII. | 263 |
XXXIX. | 266 |
XL. | 274 |
XLI. | 283 |
XLII. | 286 |
XLIII. | 294 |
XLIV. | 297 |
XLV. | 304 |
XLVI. | 309 |
XLVII. | 313 |
XLVIII. | 315 |
XLIX. | 317 |
L. | 339 |
LI. | 341 |
LII. | 355 |
LIII. | 362 |
LIV. | 365 |
LV. | 373 |
LVI. | 378 |
LVII. | 384 |
LVIII. | 386 |
LIX. | 388 |
LX. | Map of India showing the position of Indian States under the new Constitution of India |
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