Question

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The interim government took a firm stance against the possible division of India into small principalities of different sizes. The Muslim League opposed the Indian National Congress and took the view that the states should be free to adopt any course they liked. Sardar Patel played a historic role in negotiating with the rulers of princely states firmly but diplomatically and bringing most of them into the Indian Union.

Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of free India?

विकल्प

• Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

• Sardar Patel

• V. K. Menon

• Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Answer 1

Sardar Patel