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We, the Rulers of certain States in Kathiawar,

that the welfare of the people of this region can best be secured by the establishment of a state comprising the territories of the numerous States, Estates and Talukas in Kathiawar with a common Executive, Legislature and Judiciary,

resolved to entrust to a Constituent Assembly consisting of elected representatives of the people the drawing up of a democratic Constitution for that State within the framework of the Constitution of India to which we have already acceded, and of this Covenant,

, with the concurrence and guarantee of the Government of India, enter into the following COVENANT—

In this Covenant,—

(1) The Covenanting States agree—

STATE OF KATHIAWAR"; and

(a) to unite and integrate their territories in one State, with a common executive, legislature and judiciary, by the name of "THE UNITED STATE OF KATHIAWAR"; and

(b) to include in the United State so established, any other state, Taluka or Estate the Ruler or Talukdar of which agrees, with the approval