Question

Who integrated the Indian princely states? How many princely states were there?​

Answer 1

Answer:

At the time of the British withdrawal, 565 princely states were officially recognised in the Indian subcontinent, apart from thousands of zamindari estates and jagirs.

Partition of India: 1947

Princely states: 1721–1949

British Raj: 1858–1947

Company rule in India: 1757–1858

Explanation:

A princely state, also called native state, feudatory state or Indian state, was a vassal state under a local or indigenous or regional ruler in a subsidiary alliance with the British Raj.

British rule in Burma: 1824–1948

British Raj: 1858–1947

Company rule in India: 1757–1858

Partition of India: 1947

Portuguese East India Company: 1628–1633

East India Company: 1612–1757

Princely states: 1721–1949