The Matsya States Union, also called Matysa Union and Matsya Sangh, was a

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which was formed on 18 March 1948 by the merger of four erstwhile princely states,

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, Bharatpur,

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, and

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after accession.States of India since 1947
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was the first and last chief minister of the State from 18 March 1948 till 15 May 1949. Maharaja of Dholpur became its Rajpramukh. On 15 May 1949, the Matsya Union was merged with Greater Rajasthan, to form the United States of Rajasthan, which later became the state of

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on 26 January 1950.

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