Every state,therefore,must have its population a definite territory a duly established government, and sovereignty. Absence of any of these element denies to it the states of Statehood. Accordingly, the term''state''generally used for the twenty-five units of the Indian Republic or for any one of the fifty states, which make the United states of America, is a misnomer. None of them is sovereign. They possess the elements of population, territory and government and are autonomous in their own spheres of jurisdiction. But autonomy is not sovereignty and lack of sovereignty dose entitle them to be ranked as states.