Question

Describe how the princely states of Manipur and Junagarh acceded the India ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Manipur was one of the seven daughters of Indian it was a princely state during the time of British rule in India and it became a part of India after Independence.

Junagadh became a part of the Indian state of Saurashtra until 1 November 1956, when Saurashtra became part of Bombay state. In 1960, Bombay state was split into the linguistic states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, in which Junagadh was located.

Answer 2

Accession of Manipur

After the independence in 1947, Maharaja of Manipur Bodhchandra Singh, signed the Instrument of Accession with Indian Union on the assurance that the internal autonomy of Manipur would be maintained. Under the p.essure of people of Manipur, Maharaja held the election in June, 1948 and state became a constitutional monarchy.

Thus, Manipur was the first state to hold an election on the basis of adult franchise. The legislators of the regional parties of Manipur did not want to merge with India but state Congress wanted to.

Government of India pressurised the Manipur Maharaja and succeeded to do so.

Maharaja accepted the agreement and signed it without consulting the Legislative Assembly. This led to lot of anger and resentment in Manipur, the repercussions of which are still being felt.

Accession of Junagadh

In case of Junagadh, the Nawab of Junagadh wanted berge with Pakistan or wanted to remain independent. The people of Junagadh wanted to merge with Indian Union. This lead to several events and also a plebiscite which resulted in the integration of Junagadh into India.

The successful negotiations brought many states to sign Instrument of Accession which means that states wanted to accept the sovereignty of India.