Question

‘Before 1947, there were two types of states in India.’ Name the two types of states mentioned here and how were they different from each other?

Answer 1

India was under the British Raj before the partition. Most states were owned by the British while some rested with Indian Maharajas.

There were two types of states in the British India. They were:

(i)Princely States: These states were owned by individual kingdoms. They were not bound to follow British rules. They were 40% of the total states. 

(ii) Provinces: The British had divided their occupied land in provinces with local governments. These were under the British completely. These were the 60% of the total states. 

Answer 2

Answer:

: At this time India had three types of states

• (1) 'Territories of British India'

• (2) 'Princely states' and the colonial territories of France and Portugal. After the Indian independence; 562 princely states had nodded to join the Indian Confederation except Hyderabad, Junagadh, Bhopal and Kashmir.