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AGREEMENT made this twenty third day of January, 1950, between His Excellency the Governor-General of India and His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore.

WHEREAS it has been decided that the Constitution of India, adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India shall be the Constitution for the State of Mysore as for the other parts of India and shall be enforced as such in accordance with the tenor of its provisions;

AND WHEREAS the Constituent Assembly of Mysore at its Sixth Session has recommended that the rights, privileges and dignities, including the dynastic succession and the privy purse, of His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore shall be determined by agreement between him and the Government of India;

IT IS HEREBY agreed as follows:—

(1) The Maharaja of Mysore shall, with effect from the first day of April, 1950, be entitled to receive annually for his privy purse the sum of Rs. 26,00,000 (Rupees twenty-six lakhs) free of all taxes:

Provided that the sum specified above shall be payable only to the present Maharaja of Mysore for his life-time, and not to his successors, for whom provision will be made subsequently by the Government of India.

(2) The said amount is intended to cover all the expenses of the Maharaja 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 or reduced for any reason whatsoever.

(3) The said amount shall be payable to the Maharaja in four equal instalments at the beginning of each quarter in advance.

(4) The payment of the said amount as herein provided is guaranteed by the Government of India.

(1) The Maharaja shall be entitled to the full ownership, use and