Question

define princely and provinces states which where in India before 1947 (3 mark answer).​

Answer 1

Answer:

Provinces were British territories directly administered by the colonial government of British India. Princely states were states with native rulers which had entered into treaty relations with the British.

Answer 2

Answer:

Before the Partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India,[1] which were not fully and formally part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which had not been conquered or annexed by the British but under indirect rule, subject to subsidiary alliances.