The Matsya Union was merged with Greater Rajasthan in the fifth phase of integration on:

Explanation

Rajasthan's post-Independence integration moved through seven stages, and the fifth stage was the formation of the United States of Greater Rajasthan. The official Rajasthan Foundation timeline states that Matsya Union was merged with Greater Rajasthan on 15 May 1949. This matters because Matsya Union had already grouped the eastern Rajasthan states of Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karauli, while Greater Rajasthan had been formalised earlier on 30 March 1949. The 15 May 1949 merger therefore brought the Matsya Union into the larger Rajasthan entity and marks the fifth phase, not the earlier formation of Greater Rajasthan or the later constitutional and reorganisation stages.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) 26 January 1950 belongs to the sixth stage, when the United States of Greater Rajasthan and Sirohi were merged to form United Rajasthan.
• (B) 1 November 1956 marks the seventh and final reorganisation stage, not the fifth-stage merger of Matsya Union with Greater Rajasthan.
• (C) 30 March 1949 is the date on which Greater Rajasthan was formalised in the fourth stage, before Matsya Union was merged into it.

Concept

This tests the chronology of Rajasthan's political integration after Independence. RAS repeats this area because small date differences separate adjacent phases of state formation.

Source

• Rajasthan Foundation

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