UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2007 · Q4 · 60 marks
“With great skill and masterful diplomacy and using both persuasion and pressure, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel succeeded in integrating the hundreds of princely states with the Indian Union.“ Discuss.60
- Chapter
- Consolidation as a Nation
- Topic
- Integration of the Princely States
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