Chapter: Decolonisation to Political Integration of India· History

Write the name of the historical place/person/event: The princely state in Saurashtra that did not merge in India immediately after its independence –

Q.2 (A) (2) Write the name of the historical place/person/event: The princely state in Saurashtra that did not merge in India immediately after its independence –

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Answer: Junagadh

The Nawab of Junagadh in Saurashtra wanted to join Pakistan though most of his people wanted to join India. After a popular agitation he fled to Pakistan, and in the plebiscite of February 1948 the people voted to merge with India.

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