UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2021 · Q4(c) · 10 marks
How were the Princely States integrated in the Indian Union after the partition? What role did Sardar Patel play in it?
- Chapter
- Consolidation as a Nation
- Topic
- Integration of the Princely States
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