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{{Infobox former subdivision
| native_name            = 
| conventional_long_name = United State of Matsya
| common_name            = Matsya Union
| nation                 = [[India]]
| status_text            = [[States and union territories of India|State of India]]
| era                    = 
| year_start             = 1948
| date_start             = 18 March
| event_start            = Merger of former [[princely state]]s, [[Alwar State|Alwar]], [[Bharatpur State|Bharatpur]], [[Dholpur State|Dholpur]], and [[Karauli State|Karauli]] after accession
| year_end               = 1949
| date_end               = 15 May
| event_end              = Merger into Greater Rajasthan
| event1                 = 
| date_event1            = 
| p1                     = Alwar State
| p2                     = Bharatpur State
| p3                     = Dholpur State
| p4                     = Karauli State
| s1                     = United State of Rajasthan
| flag_p1                = Alwar flag.svg
| flag_p2                = Flag of Bharatpur1.png
| flag_p3                = Dholpur flag.svg
| flag_p4                = Flag of Karauli.svg
| flag_s1                = Flag of India.svg
| image_flag             = 
| image_coat             = 
| image_map              = 
| image_map_caption      = 
| stat_area1             = 
| stat_year1             = 
| stat_pop1              = 
| footnotes              = 
| capital                = [[Alwar]]
| today                  = [[India]]<br>{{·}} [[Rajasthan]]
}}
[[File:N.V. Gadgil at Bharatpur Railway Station for the inauguration of the Matsya States Union (March 1948).jpg|thumb|N.V. Gadgil at Bharatpur Railway Station for the inauguration of the Matsya States Union (March 1948)]]
The '''United States of Matsya''', also called '''Matsya Union''' or '''Matsya Sangh''', was a [[States of India|State]] of [[India]] which was formed on 18 March 1948 by the merger of four erstwhile [[princely state]]s, [[Alwar State|Alwar]], [[Bharatpur State|Bharatpur]], [[Dholpur State|Dholpur]], and [[Karauli State|Karauli]] after accession.<ref name=a>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html States of India since 1947]</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2743877?searchWord=karauli&backquery=[query=karauli&originalquery=&sort_by=dc.date.accessioned_dt&order=desc&rpp=100&etal=0&start=100] |title=Matsya Union (Alwar, Bharatpur, Etc) |year=1950 |pages=5 |chapter=Letter from Dr. Mangal Singh to Vallabhbhai Patel |access-date=30 January 2023 |url-access=registration |via=[[National Archives of India]]}}</ref> [[Shobha Ram Kumawat]] of [[Indian National Congress]] was the first and last chief minister of the State from 18 March 1948 till 15 May 1949.<ref name=a/> Maharaja of Dholpur became its Rajpramukh.

On 15 May 1949, the Matsya Union was merged with Greater Rajasthan,<ref name=r1>{{cite web|url=https://rajassembly.nic.in/OverviewRajLegislature.aspx|title=History of Legislature in Rajasthan|publisher=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly website|access-date=2009-06-04}}</ref> to form the [[United State of Rajasthan]], which later became the state of [[Rajasthan]] on 26 January 1950.<ref name=r2>{{cite web|url=http://rajassembly.nic.in/raj-integration.htm|title=Integration of Rajasthan|publisher=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly website|access-date=2009-06-04}}</ref>

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[[Category:History of Rajasthan (1947–present)]]
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[[Category:Political integration of India]]
[[Category:Historical Indian regions]]
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1949]]
[[Category:States and territories established in 1948]]
[[Category:1949 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Former states and territories of India]]

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