Question

describe the types of state that existed in India before 1947 name the princely states that later became a part of India

Answer 1

Before the Partition of India in 1947, 565 Princely States, also called Native States, existed inIndia, 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.

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In Jammu and Kashmir, a state with a Muslim majority but a Hindu ruler, the Maharaja hoped to remain independent but acceded to India on 27 October 1947 at the outset of the invasion of Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan — leading to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.


Finally , Manipur , Hyderabad , Jammu and Kashmir , sikkim , were the princely states of India during 19th century .