--- title: "What is the full form of PEPSU?" description: "What is the full form of PEPSU?" author: "Jyoti Ajgaonkar" published: 2018-06-17 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45346/what-is-the-full-form-of-pepsu category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["politics and government"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What is the full form of PEPSU? What is the [full form](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35723/what-is-the-full-form-of-adh) of PEPSU?\ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta > **Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU)** \ ![What is the full form of PEPSU?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/6d239968-f080-416c-921c-b694b13028ab/images/bce5426d-da25-43eb-bc21-3d7e0cfd28f8.png)\ **\** **[PATIALA AND EAST PUNJAB STATES UNION](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patiala_and_East_Punjab_States_Union)**, or **PEPSU**, was established on 5 May 1948 by the merger of the **8 East Punjab** courtly regions of Nabha, Patiala, Jind, Kalsia, Kapurthala, Nalagarh, Faridkot, and, Malerkotia. It was officially opened on **15 July 1948 by [Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40327/who-succeeded-sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-as-the-2nd-home-minister-of-india), India's Deputy Prime Minister**. With Maharaja Yadavinder Singh of Patiala succeeded over as Rajpramukh or ruler on August 20, 1948, the Union government began to operate. \ Sardar Patel's approach of bringing the **Lordly republics** together has its origins in the integrating initiatives devised by the British parliamentary section during World War II. After the Declaration of [Independence](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94000/who-was-veer-savarkar-what-was-his-role-in-indian-politics-before-the-independence-of-india), though, initiatives evolved on a much stranger turn. The British-envisioned organizational unification created the path for the [Government of India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62193/who-is-the-chief-economic-advisor-cea-of-the-government-of-india) to consolidate roughly **600 princely kingdoms** into larger and more sustainable activist parties, and PEPSU was among them. \ Patiala, Kohistan, Bathinda, Sangrur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Kapurthala, Barnala, and Mohindergarh were the **8 provinces** that made up the Union. The first 5 stages were continuous and mostly situated in the Malva region [south](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51424/how-did-reconstruction-benefit-the-agricultural-economy-of-the-south) of the Sutlej, whereas Kapurthala was north of the river, Mohindergarh was southeast of Rajasthan, and Kohistan was northeast of Himachal Pradesh. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45346/what-is-the-full-form-of-pepsu Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.