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Revision note: Integration of Princely States

  • ~565 princely states; paramountcy lapsed under Indian Independence Act 1947
  • Patel (States Ministry) + V.P. Menon; Instrument of Accession = defence, external affairs, communications
  • Junagadh: plebiscite Feb 1948; Hyderabad: Operation Polo Sept 1948, Razakars (Qasim Razvi); J&K: accession 26 Oct 1947, UN Jan 1948
  • Unions: Saurashtra, PEPSU, Madhya Bharat, Rajasthan, Travancore-Cochin (Rajpramukh)
  • Privy purses abolished by 26th Amendment 1971; Goa freed Dec 1961 (Operation Vijay); French de jure 1962; Sikkim 1975
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