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AGREEMENT made this the ninth day of September, 1949, between the Governor-General of India and His Highness the Maharaja of Tripura.

WHEREAS in the best interests of the State of Tripura as well as of the Dominion of India it is desirable to provide for the administration of the said State by or under the authority of the Dominion Government:—

IT is hereby agreed as follows:

The Maharaja of Tripura hereby cedes to the Dominion Government full and exclusive authority, jurisdiction and powers for and in relation to the governance of the State and agrees to transfer the administration of the State to the Dominion Government on the fifteenth day of October, 1949 (hereinafter referred to as "the said day").

As from the said day the Dominion Government will be competent to exercise the said powers, authority, and jurisdiction in such manner and through such agency as it may think fit.

The Maharaja shall with effect from the said day be entitled to receive from the revenues of the State annually for his privy purse the sum of Rupees Three lakhs and Thirty Thousand only free of taxes. This amount is intended to cover all the expenses of the Ruler and his family, including expenses on account of his personal staff, maintenance of his residences, marriages and other ceremonies, etc. and will neither be increased nor reduced for any reason whatsoever.

The said sum may be drawn by the Maharaja in four equal instalments in advance at the beginning of each quarter from the State treasury or at such other treasury as may be specified by the Government of India.

The Maharaja shall be entitled to the full ownership, use and enjoyment of all private properties (as distinct from State properties) belonging to him on the date of this agreement.

The Maharaja will furnish to the Dominion Government before the 10th October 1949, an inventory of all the immovable property, securities and cash balances held by him as such private property.