Question

44.After Independence the great work did by Sardar Patel was to
integrate the nation. In this context write down the merger of any
one princely state with India.

Answer 1

Explanation:

He acted as Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. ... Patel persuaded almost every princely state to accede to India. His commitment to national integration in the newly independent country was total and uncompromising, earning him the sobriquet "Iron Man of India".The key factors that led the states to accept integration into India were, however, the efforts of Lord Mountbatten, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and V. P. Menon. The latter two were respectively the political and administrative heads of the States Department, which was in charge of relations with the princely states.These 500 princely states covered 48 per cent of the Pre-Independent Indian area. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel was given the task of the integration of princely states.