1 History & Culture · 1.6.1 Post-independence consolidation

1.6.1.2 Integration of princely states: Patel, V.P. Menon and the Instrument of Accession

In 1947-49 Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon persuaded or pressed nearly 560 princely states to accede to India, then merged and regrouped them, and the privy purses that sweetened the deal were abolished in 1971.

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Key terms

  • Instrument of Accession
  • Standstill Agreement
  • States Department
  • Patel
  • V.P. Menon
  • Rajpramukh
  • Part B states
  • privy purses
  • 26th Amendment
  • Sikkim

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