Note: Princely states within the “Central Province and Berar” (called “Chhattisgarh states”) are not marked on this map for clarity. After India achieved independence on August 15, ...

After India's independence, several princely states, from Jammu Kashmir to Jodhpur, hesitated or outright refused to join the Indian Union. These decisions stirred political tensions and posed a ...

At the time of the Partition of India 70 years ago this year, there were more than 500 Princely States. These were states nominally ruled by Indian Princes but ultimately under the control of the ...

Consolidation of the many princely states. The idea that India would be a union of States after the departure of the British had been asserted by the Indian National Congress as early as the 1930s.

Join our Whatsapp channel MOST Pakistanis have never seen the map of Pakistan at independence: can you imagine a Pakistan without most of Balochistan, Bahawalpur division, Malakand division ...

Dynamic, film-producing princely states of Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur and Kolhapur also attracted many actresses in the early sound period, said Sarah Niazi, co-curator of ‘Chitramahal: ...

A new book recounts how princely states were coaxed, coerced, or ... the political map of India as it began its first full year of independence still resembled the tessellated pavement that ...

Can Courts Interfere In Disputes Over Properties Of Ex Princely States? Top Court To Examine Article 363 bars the interference of courts in any disputes which may arise from certain treaties ...

Over 75 years, the Indian map has undergone several changes. States have been reorganised in multiple phases, and there were different factors behind it. Consolidation of the princely States ...