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प्रश्न
Enlist the main considerations for bringing the Princely States with the Indian Union. Name the leader who played a historic role in this direction. What was his contribution?
उत्तर
- With the partition and independence of India, the British Crown gave the Princely States a choice to join India or Pakistan or declare themselves as independent nations. But the interim government in India took a firm stance against the possible division of India into small principalities of different sizes. The government’s policy for bringing the Princely States with the Indian Union was influenced by three considerations. These are as follows:
I) The people of most of the Princely States clearly wanted to become part of the Indian Union.
II) The government was ready to be flexible in giving autonomy to some regions to accommodate their demands.
III) The government was firm to maintain the integration and consolidation of the territorial boundaries of the nation. - The leader and historic role:
I) The then Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel played a historic role.
II) He reached out to all the princely states.
III) He negotiated with them peacefully and diplomatically and this effort on his part led to almost all the princely states coming under the Indian Union.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Here are two opinions :-
Bismay: “The merger with the Indian State was an extension of democracy to the people of the Princely States."
Inderpreet: “I am not so sure, there was force being used. Democracy comes by creating consensus.”
What is your opinion in the light of accession of Princely States and the responses of the people in these parts?
The states created in 1960 were:
When Gujarat was carved out of Bombay?
Which state was not created in 2000?
Name the original state from which Chattisgarh was carved out.
Which one of the following is a princely state of India that initially resisted joining the Indian Union?
Which one of the following leaders played a vital role in the integration of princely states with India?
When Gujarat was carved out of Bombay?
The Nizam wanted an independent status for Hyderabad. He entered into what was called the standstill agreement with India in November 1947 for ______ while negotiations with the Indian Government were going on.
Choose the odd one out of the following statements.
Match the principles with instances:
| (a) | Mapping of boundaries on religious grounds | (i) | Pakistan and Bangladesh |
| (b) | Mapping of boundaries on grounds of different languages | (ii) | India and Pakistan |
| (c) | Demarcating boundaries within a country by geographical zones | (iii) | Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh |
| (d) | Demarcating boundaries within a country on administrative and political grounds | (iv) | Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand |
Indian Government had taken a firm stand to prevent possible division of the country into small principalities after independence. Consider the following statements in this regard-
- Government showed more rigidity towards giving autonomy to these princely states.
- Accession of princely states of Junagarh, Hyderabad, Kashmir, and Manipur ·proved more difficult than the rest
Choose the correct statement-
Hyderabad was the largest princely state when India got independence; Its accession proved to be a difficult task. Consider the following statements and find the correct statement/s:
- Some parts of the old Hyderabad state are today's parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.
- Nizam of Hyderabad entered into a Standstill Agreement with India in September 1947 for six months while negotiations were going on with the Indian Government.
Which of the following is called paramountcy or suzerainty of the British crown?
Bodhachandra Singh, was maharaja of?
What do you understand by the ‘British paramountcy or suzerainty’?
Which one of the following leaders played an important role in the integration of Princely States with India?
Which of the following states initially refused to join the Indian Union?
Which group among the following options represents the three princely states that resisted their merger with India?
The Maharaja of Manipur at the time of independence was ______.
What do you understand by the 'British paramountcy or suzerainty'?
In the given political outline map of India, four states have been marked as (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify these states on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer book along with the respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabets given in the ‘map as per the format that follows:
| S.No.of the information used |
Concerned Alphabet |
Name of the State |
| (i) | ||
| (ii) | ||
| (iii) | ||
| (iv) |
- The state which has been bifurcated in two Union Territories recently.
- The state where Rajiv Gandhi-Longowal Accord was signed.
- The state to which Laldenga belonged.
- The state from where the Dravidian Movement started.
