The Patiala and East Punjab States Union 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.
The Punjab States Agency was an agency of the British Raj. The agency was created in 1921, on the model of the Central India Agency and Rajputana Agency, and dealt with forty princely states in northw
Patiala and East Punjab States Union
…East Punjab States Union Legislative Assembly History • State Established 15 July 1948 • State Disestablished 1 November 1956 Preceded by Succeeded by Punjab States Agency Punjab Chandigarh Haryana Himachal Pradesh Today part of India The Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was a State of India, uniting eight…
Arms of British Punjab
Photograph of the Lt. Governor of Punjab, Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, with rulers of princely-states, namely Faridkot, Sirmur, Nabha, Patiala, Bahawalpur, Jind, Kapurthala, and Malerkotla, Lahore, 1894