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After the declaration of India's independence, a cartoonist David Low's title 'Your Babies Now' was published in the London Evening Standard, in which the problem of Indian kings before the national leaders of India was accurately depicted. In this cartoon, Nehru and Jinnah were shown sitting on different chairs with some children sitting on their lap.
Britain was shown as a nurse walking away with the Union Jack. The children sitting on Nehru's lap were depicted as the problem of the kings who were kicking and shouting at Nehru's knees.
Jinnah's Conspiracy
On the one hand the Congress was exhibiting a harsh policy towards the native states, on the other hand the Muslim League adopted a very soft attitude towards the native states. It was convenient for the Muslim League to do so. Jinnah was trying that more and more princely states should declare their independence or join Pakistan so that the Indian Union could become permanently weak.
Jinnah wanted to bring down the neck of the kings that the Congress was a common enemy of the Muslim League and the native kings. Jinnah tried to include the princely states of Rajputana in Pakistan by making tempting offers. He declared that the Muslim League would not interfere at all in the native states and that even if the native states remained independent, they would not be given any kind of trouble from the Muslim League.
Secret propaganda was being made on behalf of the League among the kings of Rajasthan that they should meet in Pakistan and not in the Hindi Union State. Mountbatten's attitude towards the Nizam of Hyderabad was very soft. Jinnah used corefield and Bhopal Nawab to weaken India.
Attitude of certain Hindu kings towards Pakistan
The Maharaja of Travancore agreed to send a merchant party to Pakistan on 11 June 1947. Maharaja Jodhpur and the rulers of many small princely states were watching carefully to see what would be the outcome of the rebellion of the big princely states, accordingly they wanted to proceed accordingly.
Removal of Maharaja Pratap Singh of Baroda
Maharaja Pratap Singh of Baroda wrote a letter to Sardar Patel with his own hand that he would not give any cooperation and support in suppressing the revolt of the Nawab of Junagadh until he was made the King of India and the Government of India agreed to all his demands. . On this, the Government of India abolished the recognition of Maharaja Pratap Singh and accepted his son Fatah Singh as Maharaja of Baroda.
Seeing the harsh attitude of the Indian government, the king started behaving like humble country-servants. The state union which he had created to prevent the merger of the princely states, was dissolved. He understood that now there is no other way but to meet the Government of India and get its protection. They also began to think that it would be more appropriate to remain under the umbrella of the Government of India than to remain the ruler and live on the wishes of the rebellious subjects.