Patiala and East Punjab States Union (India)
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PEPSU (India)
P.E.P.S.U. (India)
Paipasū (India)
Paipsū (India)
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Earlier Established Forms
Sources
found: Its Government gazette.
found: Rāma-kathā, 1953:t.p. (Paipasū; Paipsū)
found: Wikipedia, May 27, 2009(Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU); a former state of India; created out of the merger of several Punjabi princely states on July 15, 1948, formally becoming a state of India in 1950; on November 1, 1956, PEPSU was merged into Punjab State)
found: Britannica online, viewed May 26, 2015under Punjab, History (Patiala and East Punjab States Union; PEPSU; comprising former princely states of Patiala, Jind, Nabha, Faridkot, Kapurthala, Kalsia, Malerkotla (Maler Kotla), and Nalagarh; the Indian state of Punjab was enlarged in 1956 by the encorporation of PEPSU into its existing territory)
found: Wikipedia, viewed May 27, 2015under Patiala and East Punjab States Union ("...part of the former state of PEPSU, including the south-eastern portion around Jind and the Narnaul enclave, presently lie within the state of Haryana, which was separated from Punjab on 1 November 1966. Some other areas that belonged to PEPSU, notably Solan and Nalagarh, now lie in the state of Himachal Pradesh")
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Change Notes
1981-02-05: new
2015-05-29: revised
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