Below is my simple code to use control state in a custom control,
[DefaultProperty("Text")]
[ToolboxData("<{0}:WebCustomControl1 runat=server></{0}:WebCustomControl1>")]
public class WebCustomControl1 : WebControl
{
    [Bindable(true)]
    [Category("Appearance")]
    [DefaultValue("")]
    [Localizable(true)]
    public string Text
    {
        get { return text; }
        set { text = value; }
    }
    private string text;
    protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter output)
    {
        output.Write(Text);
    }
    protected override void OnInit(System.EventArgs e)
    {
        base.OnInit(e);
        Page.RequiresControlState(this);
    }
    protected override object SaveControlState()
    {
        object baseSate = base.SaveControlState();
        return new Pair(baseSate, Text);
    }
    protected override void LoadControlState(object savedState)
    {
        Pair value = savedState as Pair;
        text = value.Second;
    }
}
But it doesn't seem to work.. The SaveControlState and LoadControlState are not firing. can someone help me..?
Below is the aspx Code. Here is where i use the custom control.
    <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" EnableViewState="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="WebApplication1._Default" %>
<%@ Register Assembly="WebApplication1" Namespace="WebApplication1" TagPrefix="cc1" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>`enter code here`
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <cc1:WebCustomControl1 ID="WebCustomControl1_1"  runat="server" />
        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" /></div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
                You've called RequiresControlState  
Determines whether the specified Control object is registered to participate in control state management.`
But you should call RegisterRequiresControlState
Registers a control as one whose control state must be persisted.
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