SARDAR PATEL ROLE IN UNIFING OF INDIA : A CRITICAL VEIW
Keywords:
hostilities, predominant, amalgamatingAbstract
This article has examined the Sardar Patel position in Unifying India. Vallabh Bhai Patel had recognized to be social chief of India who performed a predominant function in the country's hostilities for independence and guided its integration into a united, unbiased nation. Patel Role in Integrating Indian States The states blanketed Saurastra (including Junagadh) Hyderabad, Travancore, Cochin, Kashmir and different small states. Sardar’s position in every of these states was once vital. Sardar Patel treated efficiently the integration of the princely states with his diplomatic abilities and foresightedness. The trouble of amalgamating 562 unbiased states with a democratic self-governing India was once tough and delicate. He sensed the pressing and critical want of the integration of princely states. He observed an iron passed policy.
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