Question

integrating of various princely states into new Indian nation was a challenging task explain

Answer 1

the 550 princely states were given freedom to decide their future the ordinary people did not want princely states to continue they started movements and rewards guided by the master full diplomacy of Sardar Patel the home minister most of them acceded to India however the Nawab of Junagadh the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir did not accept to unite with India. Nizam of Hyderabad wanted Hyderabad to be a country or to be a part of Pakistan. Sardar Patel made it clear that if they do not join India, the army would have to be sent to complete the process of unification. With the military action on Hyderabad,by the end of 1949,unification was completed

Answer 2

mysore,hyderabad,kashmir etc princely states did not agree to unification.