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 of  State which appertain, or are incidental to the Government of, shall vest in the United State;

(b) all duties and obligations of the Nawab/Thakore appertaining or incidental, to the Government of State shall devolve on the United State; and

(c) all the assets and liabilities of State shall be the assets and liabilities of the United State.

(1) The Nawab/Thakore shall be entitled to the full ownership, use and enjoyment of all private properties (as distinct from State properties) belonging to him on the first day of July 1948.

(2) He shall (furnish to the Raj Pramukh before the first day of August, 1948, an inventory of all the immovable properties, securities and cash balances held by him as such private property.

(3) If any dispute arises as to whether any item of property is the private property of the Nawab/Thakore or State property, it shall be referred to such person as the Government of India may nominate, and the decision of that person shall be final and binding on all parties concerned.

(1) The Nawab/Thakore shall, with effect from the first day of July, 1948, be entitled to receive annually from the revenues of the United State for his privy purse the sum of rupees free of taxes.

(2) The said amount is intended to cover all the expenses of the Nawab/Thakore and his family, including expenses on account of his personal staff, maintenance of his residences, marriages and other ceremonies, etc., and shall neither be increased nor reduced for any reason whatsoever.

(3) The said amount will be payable to the Nawab/Thakore in equal instalments at the beginning of each quarter in advance.

The Nawab/Thakore, as also the members of his family, shall be entitled to all the personal privileges, dignities and titles enjoyed by them whether within or outside immediately before the 15th August, 1947.

The succession, according to law and custom, to the gaddi of the State and to the personal rights, privileges and dignities of the Nawab/Thakore is hereby guaranteed by the United State.