Prelims · 2 Modern India · 2.4 British administration

2.4.5 British policy towards princely states: paramountcy to the Butler Committee

British policy towards the princely states moved from a ring fence, to isolation, to union under the Crown, and finally to claimed paramountcy, which ended with independence in 1947.

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  • Standard level
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Key terms

  • ring fence
  • subordinate isolation
  • subordinate union
  • paramountcy
  • Chamber of Princes
  • Butler Committee
  • lapse of paramountcy
  • Hyderabad

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