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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
| conventional_long_name = Kutch State<br />
| common_name = Kutch State<br />
| nation = India<br />
| status_text = Former [[States and union territories of India|State of India]]<br />
| demonym = [[Kutchi people|Kutchi]]<br />
| year_start = 1948<br />
| event_start = Integration into [[Dominion of India]] as a state<br />
| year_end = 1956<br />
| event_end = Merger into [[Bombay State]]<br />
| p1 = Cutch State<br />
| flag_p1 = Kachchhflag.png<br />
| p2 = <br />
| s1 = Bombay State<br />
| flag_p2 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
| flag_s1 = Emblem of Bombay State.png<br />
| image_flag = <br />
| image_map = Kutch in India (1951).svg<br />
| image_map_caption = Kutch State, 1951<br />
| footnotes = [http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/471346/ Legal Case of 1954 : Kutch State]<br />
| date_start = 1 June<br />
| date_end = 1 November<br />
}}<br />
'''Kutch State''' was a [[States and territories of India|state]] within India from 1948 to 1956. Its capital was [[Bhuj]].<br />
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The state's territory now forms a [[Kutch district|Kachchh district]] within the Indian state of [[Gujarat]].<br />
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==History==<br />
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Kutch State was formed out of the territory of the former [[princely state]] of [[Cutch State|Cutch]], whose ruler ([[Vijayaraji|Maharao Sri Vijayaraji]]) had [[Instrument of Accession|acceded]] to the [[Dominion of India]] with effect from 15 August 1947.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=20yC9Lp4JtIC&dq=acceded+to+india%2C+kutch&pg=PA78 International Law Reports vol. 50, 1950]</ref><br />
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The administration of Kutch after accession, however, remained in the hands of its former ruler until his death on 26 February 1948, when it then passed to his son, [[Madansinhji|Maharao Shri Meghraji]]. On 1 June 1948 the administration was transferred to the [[Government of India]], working through a [[Chief Commissioner]]<br />
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Initially Kutch functioned as a province. Upon the [[Constitution of India]] coming into force on 26 January 1950, Kutch became a "Class C" state, i.e. its administration was under the direct control of India's central government.<br />
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On 1 November 1956, [[Bombay State]] was re-organised under the [[States Reorganisation Act]], absorbing various territories including Kutch State, which ceased to exist. It became Kutch district in Bombay State. On 1 May 1960, Bombay State was bifurcated on linguistic lines forming [[Gujarat]] and [[Maharashtra]] states and Kutch district became a part of Gujarat.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency]]<br />
* [[Political integration of India]]<br />
* [[Cutch State]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{States of India on 26 January 1950}}<br />
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[[Category:History of Gujarat (1947–present)]]<br />
[[Category:History of Kutch]]<br />
[[Category:1947 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:States and territories established in 1948]]<br />
[[Category:Political integration of India]]<br />
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1956]]<br />
[[Category:1956 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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