The princely state that joined india by 17 September 1947
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Junagarh was the princely state which joined Independent India by September 17, 1947.
Explanation:
- "Junagarh" was a "princely state" in British India, situated in present-day Gujarat, which was under "British India's suzerainty". In 1947, by independence & partition of British, the 552 princely states were granted the right to join the new Dominion or the newly established Pakistan state India.
- The "Nawab of Junagarh" initially agreed to merge with Pakistan. The majority of Hindus residing in this region revolted against this decision of Nawab.
- Sardar Vallabh Patel - the “Iron man of India” played a pivotal role in the annexure of Junagarh by force and merged it with India. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had believed that if Junagarh was allowed to go to Pakistan, it would "exacerbate" the "communal tension" already simmering in Gujarat.
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Junagarh of princely states of joined India
Explanation:
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.
Things moved quickly after the partition of British India in 1947. By the end of 1949, all of the states had chosen to accede to one of the newly independent states of India or Pakistan or else had been conquered and annexed.
In principle, the princely states had internal autonomy, while by treaty the British Crown had suzerainty and was responsible for the states' external affairs. In practice, while the states were indeed ruled by potentates with a variety of titles, such as Maharaja, Raja, Nizam, Raje, Deshmukh, Nawab, Mirza, Baig, Chhatrapati, Khan, Thakur Sahab, Darbar saheb or specially Jam for Jadeja/Samma, the British still had considerable influence.
By the time of the departure of the British in 1947, only four of the largest of the states still had their own British Resident, a diplomatic title for advisors present in the states' capitals, while most of the others were grouped together into Agencies, such as the Central India Agency, the Deccan States Agency, and the Rajputana Agency.
From 1920, the states were represented in the Chamber of Princes, which held its meetings in New Delhi.
The most important states were ranked as salute states, whose rulers were entitled to a given number of salute guns.
By the Indian Independence Act 1947, the British gave up their suzerainty of the states and left each of them free to choose whether to join one of the newly independent countries of India and Pakistan or to remain outside them. For a short time, some of the rulers explored the possibility of a federation of the states separate from either, but this came to nothing. Most of the states then decided to accede to India or to Pakistan, such as Junagadh (1947–1948), Hyderabad on 18 September 1948, Bilaspur on 12 October 1948, and Bhopal on 1 May 1949. Travancore also chose to remain an independent country.