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unusual facts about Union of India



Ajmer State

Ajmer State was a separate State within Union of India from 1950 to 1956 with Ajmer as its capital.

Appanur

Appanur, as a part of the Ramnad district was under the Sethupathis during the beginning of the 17th century, then under the British Raj, before it came under the Union of India in 1947 when India received its independence.

Babariawad

In 1947, upon Partition of India, the Jagirdars of Babariawad, mainly Hindu Chiefs from Kathi and Rajput clans like Babaria and others, along with other principality of Mangrol declared their independence from Junagadh and accession to Union of India.

INS Dweeprakshak

The Lakshadweep islands were a part of the Madras Presidency under the British Raj and in accordance with the Indian Independence Act 1947, enacted by the British parliament, the islands were transferred to the new Union of India.

Mandi State

Mandi State was a princely state within the Union of India from 1950 to 1956 with Bilaspur as its capital.

Manikya dynasty

Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya (r. 1923 – 1947) died in 1947, and his infant son Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya was designated the 185th king even though he was too young to rule for the transitional period until 15 September 1949, when Tripuri acceded to the Union of India.


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Commercial surrogacy in India

In Jan Balaz v Union of India, the Gujarat High Court conferred Indian citizenship on two twin babies fathered through compensated surrogacy by a German national in Anand district.

SS-45

SS-45 Missile, a surface-to-air missile of the Union of India Army

Udaybhanu Singh

Dholpur was merged with three neighbouring states to form the Matsya union within the union of India, of which he was made Rajpramukh, but the union was later merged with several other such unions to form the present-day state of Rajasthan.