Question: Saurashtra is one of how many states in India?
Context: Saurashtra Kutch Stock Exchange Limited (Gujarati: શેર બજાર , popularly called "Stock Exchange", or "SKSE") is one of three stock exchange in Gujarat.  It is located at Sadar Bazaar, Rajkot, India.  Saurashtra Kutch Stock Exchange Ltd was incorporated in the month of July 1989 and got recognition from the Government of India.  The recognition have been renewed from time to time by the Central Government and SEBI. The Saurashtra University is one of the significant universities in Gujarat state in India.  This university was established on 23 May 1967 in Rajkot city, the administrative headquarters at Rajkot.  Presently, 272 colleges in Amreli, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Porbandar, Rajkot and Surendranagar districts are affiliated with the Saurashtra University. Palimony is the division of financial assets and real property on the termination of a personal live-in relationship wherein the parties are not legally married.  The term "palimony" is not a legal or historical term, but rather a colloquial portmanteau of the words "pal" and "alimony" coined by celebrity divorce attorney Marvin Mitchelson in 1977 when his client Michelle Triola Marvin filed an unsuccessful suit against the actor Lee Marvin.  While the suit was unsuccessful in this instance, the courts found that "in the absence of an express agreement, courts may look to a variety of other remedies to divide property equitably."  It is unclear as to how many states currently expressly forbid any kind of palimony to be awarded.  That is to say, how many states allow both partners in an unmarried cohabitation, to expressly keep all that is under their own name, including income and property.  But it is widely recommended by legal offices across the country that prior to committing to an unmarried but romantic cohabitation, the couple should enter into a legal cohabitation agreement prior to moving in together. Many states and international organisations have reacted to the ongoing war in the Donbass region of Ukraine, which began in April 2014.  In August 2014 when the intervention of Russian troops in Donbass scaled up, many states condemned this violation of Ukraine's sovereignty. Mahuva (Gujarati: મહુવા ) is a small town on the Arabian Sea coast in Bhavnagar District, in the State of Gujarat, India.  Mahuva is known for its mild weather and green, lush surroundings, including many coconut tree plantations.  Mahuva is also known as Kashmir of Saurashtra.  It is a part of the Saurashtra region. Palimony is the division of financial assets and real property on the termination of a personal live-in relationship wherein the parties are not legally married.  The term "palimony" is not a legal or historical term, but rather a colloquial portmanteau of the words "pal" and "alimony" coined by celebrity divorce attorney Marvin Mitchelson in 1977 when his client Michelle Triola Marvin filed an unsuccessful suit against the actor Lee Marvin.  While the suit was unsuccessful in this instance, the courts found that "in the absence of an express agreement, courts may look to a variety of other remedies to divide property equitably."  It is unclear as to how many states currently expressly forbid any kind of palimony to be awarded—that is to say—how many states allow both partners in an unmarried cohabitation to expressly keep all that is under their own name including income and property, but it is widely recommended by legal offices across the country that, prior to committing to an unmarried but romantic cohabitation, the couple should enter into a legal cohabitation agreement prior to moving in together. Sujan R. Chinoy, from Rajkot, Gujarat, is a ranking career diplomat (equivalent to Secretary to the Government of India/Vice Minister) of the 1981 batch of the Indian Foreign Service.  He is the Ambassador of India to Japan since 3 December 2015.  Currently, he is India's only serving Gujarati Ambassador, and India's only China specialist who also speaks Japanese.  Earlier, he was the Ambassador of India to Mexico and High Commissioner of India to Belize from 2012 to 2015.  Chinoy was Additional Secretary in the National Security Council Secretariat in the Prime Minister’s Office in New Delhi for several years.  He also served for many years as India's Consul General in China (Shanghai) and Australia (Sydney) handling trade and economic portfolios.  Chinoy is a direct descendant of Seth Nanji Jekaran Shah (later 'Seth Nanji Chinai' of Mangrol), an early Jain trader from Mangrol in coastal Saurashtra in Western India who founded the Gujarati community in Kolkata and went on to establish himself as the first Gujarati trader in Shanghai and to live there for twelve years in the opening decades of the 19th century. Saurashtra, also known as United State of Kathiawar, was a separate, western State within the Union of India from 1948 until 1956, on Saurashtra alias Kathiawar peninsula, with Rajkot as its capital, on territory now part of Gujarat state. India is a federal union comprising twenty-nine states and seven union territories, for a total of 36 state and union territories.  The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and further into smaller administrative divisions. State Bank of Saurashtra was a government-owned bank in India.  It was one of the seven Associate Banks of the State Bank of India, with which it merged on 13 August 2008.  At the time of the merger, the Bank had a network of 423 branches spread over 15 states and the Union Territory of Daman and Diu.
Answer: 36