Therefore, it took almost a year for the map of Pakistan to take shape in the manner we are used to seeing now. These princely states then remained as distinct parts of Pakistan for some time.

Princely states had 45 per cent of today’s India’s landmass. Without the princely states, the Indian map would look like a ...

That's how Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel denoted the case of princely states during the time of India's independence. When Patel got the opportunity to make the Indian princely states part of India ...