Hyderabad was the second princely state not to be found in India till 15 August 1947. The princely state of Hyderabad was established in AD 1720 by the Mughal Subedar Chinkulij Khan. He assumed the title of Nizamulmulk. For this reason the ruler of Hyderabad was called Nizam. In AD 1798, the princel
The announcement of the Junagadh Nawab to join Pakistan caused uneasiness among the people of Junagadh and the people opposed the Nawabs action and established an independent provisional government. The Government of India sent a telegram to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali, asking him to
The princely state of Junagadh was situated in the Kathiawar region of Gujarat. It was founded in AD 1735 by a Mughal soldier named Sher Khan Babi. The total area of this princely state was 3,337 square miles and the population was 6,70,719. 80 to 90 percent of the people of the princely state wer
The Lakshadweep group is located away from the mainland of India and in the Arabian Sea. At the time of Indias independence, these islands were part of the authority of the British Crown and were under the Madras Presidency. According to the Act of 15 August 1947, they were to be found in India, but
Indian kings queued up to sign one by one to join the Union of India. Some of the princely states accepted their merger but with great bitterness. A king of central India, while signing the Instrument of Accession, stumbled and died of a heart attack. After signing, the Maharaja of Baroda cried like
On 23 December 1947, Sardar Patel wrote a letter directly to Nehru saying that Iyengars visit to Ajmer was astonishing and shocking. There are only two meanings of this journey. First, the Prime Minister was dissatisfied with the statement made by the Home Minister regarding Ajmer. Secondly, he was
Nehru made Sardars public statement a question of his personal prestige and he personally made a program to visit Ajmer, but suddenly the nephew of Pt. Nehru died. Due to this the trip had to be cancelled. Nehru thought that this would have a bad effect on Ajmer as he was eagerly awaited in Ajmer. T
Communal riots broke out in Ajmer on 5 December 1947. The army had to be called from Delhi to stop these riots. General Rajendra Singh, Commanding Officer of Delhi Region, made a two-day visit to Ajmer. Pt. Nehru, President of Inter Dominion Minorities, N. R. By sending a telegram to Malkani informe
Under the leadership of Sardar Patel, the work of integration of the princely states went fast. In December 1947, 39 states of Orissa and Chhattisgarh merged with Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. In February 1948, 17 southern states were merged with Bombay Province. In June 1948, all the states of Gujarat
The princely department was very unhappy with the activities of the Bharatpur state. Therefore, the princely department prepared a charge list against Maharaja Brijendra Singh of Bharatpur and these allegations were made on the king - (1) The Maharaja of Bharatpur did not celebrate Independence Day
When the kings were invited to meet in the Union of India, it was assured by Sardar Patel that in independent India, 19 capable states- Kashmir, Hyderabad, Travancore, Cochin, Mysore, Baroda, Kutch, Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Cooch Behar, Tripura, Manipur, Jaipur, Udaipur, Mayurbhanj
Sadar Patel had merged the kingdoms of 554 kings of India into India. When the kings were seen leaving their kingdoms, they started hiding the wealth kept in their palaces, treasuries and royal buildings. Many kings also usurped the royal property. The kings of the princely states of Hyderabad and B
As much as Sardar Patel was rich in determination, he was equally practical. He considered mediocre ideals to be futile and kept his eyes fixed on the goal all the time. So he used practical intelligence instead of coercion with the kings. He made his politics successful by luring the kings with man
Most of the 544 native states that remained in the Union of India were so weak and small in economic terms that they could not build even a small road with their own resources. Even in the big princely states, the system of governance was so old and medieval that it was not possible for the people t
Sardar Patels success was a great success to include the native states in India, but this success was incomplete until the democratic government system was established in the native states. Before getting into independent India, the native states were under the British and the British had the right
Patels historic letter to Nehru New Delhi, 7 November 1950 My dear Jawaharlal, Since my return from Ahmedabad and the committee meeting held on the same day, which I got to know only 15 minutes before its start and I regret that I could not even read the related documents for that reason, I hav
Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru had spent their entire lives in the Congress. Both were considered close associates of Gandhiji, but there was a difference in their personalities like Akash and Hades. Both went to England and obtained the title of barrister, but Sardar Patel was far ahead of Nehru
Sheikh Abdullah was also included in the delegation that went to attend the meeting of the United Nations in 1949. While this delegation was returning, Sheikh gave an interview to the Daily Telegraph in London in which Sheikh publicly revealed his dream of making Kashmir an independent state for the
The world famous temple of Somnath was located in the Kathiawar region of Gujarat. It is believed that this temple is even before the birth of Christ. This temple was broken many times by Muslim invaders from Sindh and Arabia. It was rebuilt for the third time in the eighth century by Nagabhatta. Ma
The media accused Patel that his home ministry could not protect Gandhi. Saddened by this, Patel resigned from the government. To this, Nehru rejected Patels resignation saying that Nehru and Patel had been working together in the Congress for thirty years for a common cause and it would not be a go
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) was a pioneer of civil aviation. Endowed with literary talent, he recounted his experiences in several works (Courrier Sud, Vol de nuit, Terres des hommes) in which he expressed his humanism and his ideal of greatness and solidarity among men. Endowed with a poet
Born in the Tarn, and established as a fabric merchant in Toulouse, Jean Calas and his family are of the Protestant faith.In October 1791, Jean Calas finds his son hanged in his shop. To avoid family dishonour, he initially conceals Marc-Antoines suicide. The trial takes place against a background o
Escaped slave, Araminta Ross, known as Harriet Tubman (between 1820 and 1825 – 1913) was a human rights activist, who participated in many ways in the fight against slavery and racism. The violence of the masters Araminta Ross was born between 1820 and 1825 on a plantation in Maryland (USA), to s
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