RAS question
The Sirohi princely state was divided in Phase 6 (26 January 1950). Abu and Delwara were given to which state?
Correct answer: (C) Bombay.
In Phase 6 of Rajasthan's integration on 26 January 1950, Abu and Delwara from the Sirohi princely state were given to Bombay State.
Explanation
Sirohi was not treated as a simple, whole-state merger into Rajasthan in Phase 6. The princely state was divided: Abu and Delwara went to Bombay State, while the remaining parts of Sirohi joined Rajasthan. Rajasthan Foundation's Sirohi profile supports the Bombay link by recording that the administration of Sirohi State was taken over by the Bombay Government from 5 January 1949 to 25 January 1950, and then notes Sirohi's final merger with Rajasthan in 1950 along with a later territorial reference to Abu Road and Delwara. The exam-relevant sequence continued when Abu Road taluka was later returned to Rajasthan in Phase 7, in 1956.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Madhya Pradesh is wrong because Abu and Delwara were linked with Bombay State, not MP.
- (B) Rajasthan is wrong because only the remaining parts of Sirohi merged with Rajasthan in Phase 6; Abu and Delwara were separated and given to Bombay State.
- (D) Gujarat is wrong because the transfer occurred in 1950, when Gujarat was not yet a separate state in this sequence.
Concept
This tests the territorial reorganisation phase of Rajasthan's integration, especially exceptions within princely-state mergers. It recurs in RAS because small boundary details such as Sirohi, Abu and Delwara often separate factual recall from approximate chronology.