RBSE Solutions for Class 9 Social Science Chapter 8 Political Development in India are part of RBSE Solutions for Class 10 Social Science. Here we have given Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 9 Social Science Chapter 8 Political Development in India.
| Board | RBSE |
| Textbook | SIERT, Rajasthan |
| Class | Class 9 |
| Subject | Social Science |
| Chapter | Chapter 8 |
| Chapter Name | Political Development in India |
| Number of Questions Solved | 61 |
| Category | RBSE Solutions |
Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 9 Social Science Chapter 8 Political Development in India
TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Question 1.
Who is the author of the book Arthashastra?
(a) Manu
(b) Shukra
(c) Kautilya
(d) Brihaspati
Answer:
(c).
Question 2.
What was the number of princely states at the time of Independence of India?
(a) 562
(b) 300
(c) 365
(d) 430
Answer:
(a).
Question 3.
What was the number of princely states in Rajasthan at the time of Independence?
(a) 29
(b) 19
(c) 11
(d) 15
Answer:
(b).
Question 4.
Which national leader played an important role in the integration of princely states in Independent India?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer:
(a).
Question 5.
In which year Goa was merged in India?
(a) 1955
(b) 1960
(c) 1961
(d) 1965
Answer:
(c).
Very Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Who was the author of Manu Smriti?
Answer:
Manu
Question 2.
Who was the king of Jammu-Kashmir at the time of Independence?
Answer:
Raja Hari Singh.
Question 3.
When was Hyderabad merged in India?
Answer:
On 17 September 1948.
Question 4.
Who was the President of State Reorganization Commission?
Answer:
Justice Fazal Ali
Question 5.
Which state was formed first on linguistic basis?
Answer:
Andhra Pradesh
Question 6.
Whose possession was on Pondicherry?
Answer:
France.
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Describe the merger of Junagarh State in India.
Answer:
Those states which did not merge in India till 15 August 1947, among them Junagarh was also included. At the time of independence, the Nawab of Junagarh was Mohbat Khan, while more percentage was of non-Muslim in the population. Shah Nawaz Bhutto became the Diwan of Junagarh in 1947 who was the leader of Muslim League and relative of Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
On the consent of Diwan, Nawab declared to merge his state in Pakistan. On 13 September, Pakistan accepted the merger of Junagarh in it. In fact Pakistan wanted to use Junagarh’s merger in Pakistan against the issue of Jammu-Kashmir. This event made Patel aggressive. He sent a regiment of army to merge two states of Junagarh. On the other hand, a large movement started against Nawab in Junagarh. By this time Nawab fled away to Pakistan. After some time Shah Nawaz, Diwan of Junagarh was compelled to hand over the administration of Junagarh to India. In February 1948, a referendum was held, which was largely in favour of India. It resulted in the merger of Junagarh in India.
Question 2.
Write short note on contribution of Sardar Patel in unification of Nation.
Answer:
East India Company which came to India as a trading company and got a foothold * in whole India was supported by many princely states, while others had lost their existence in stopping the establishment of this new empire. There was a political’ department to look after the rule in princely states which was based on alliances held between company and the state rulers. This department was under the Council of Viceroy. In 1946 when an Interim Government was organized in India, the administration of political department was given to Home ministry. It was under Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Hence, issue of princely states came under him.
Lord Mountbatten then Governor General wanted to solve the problem of princely states before Independence. Hence he established a state department before 15 August 1947, on 27th June 1947 and handed over to Sardar Patel then home
Minister of the Interim government. On the other hand, by the act of Independence in 1947 British government declared that with the independence of India the rule of British Government would be ended over princely states too. These princely states would be free to merge either with India or newly formed Pakistan.
Therefore, the task of merging these states into India and its unification was difficult and challenging. It was completed by Sardar Patel, who appointed V.P. Menon as his secretary. Both of them prepared a ‘merging document’ to merge princely states with India before 15th August 1947. They got it signed from the kings and completed the process of merger. Only merger of Junagarh, Hyderabad and Kashmir was left.
- Junagarh: It a small state of Saurashtra, was inhabited by majority of the Hindus who voted for its merger with India in Feburary 1948 and Junagarh became the part of the Indian Federation. Its Nawab fled to Pakistan.
- Hyderabad: Its Nizam declared the state independent. Due to his oppressive policies, the Indian government had to interfere by sending army on 13th September 1948 and after three days, Nizam surrendered and signed the succession pact of merger with India.
- Kashmir: Hari Singh, its ruler, was Hindu and 75% population was Muslim. He declared to remain independent but the tribesmen under the Pak army started intrusion in Srinagar. India took the matter to UNO for peace and it ended the battle between armies of both sides. Finally,Kashmir was merged into the Indian union, but still one-third Kashmir is under the control of Pakistan which is called Pak-occupied Kashmir.
Question 3.
Give the names of five states formed after India’s independence.
Answer:
Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Nagaland, Mizoram etc.
Question 4.
Write a short note on State Reorganization Commission.
Answer:
After Independence, the demand of re-organization of state on the basis of language arose. It became strong as it was assured by the Congress before independence in 1937. The first state formed was Andhra Pradesh. After this, demand of the formation of states became strong. Hence, Indian Government formed a State Reorganization Commission in 1953. Justice Fazal Ali was made president of this Commission.
K.M. Pannikar and Kunjaru were made members of it. In 1955, the organization presented its report. On the basis of this report, the Indian Parliament passed State Reorganization Act in 1956. Fourteen states and six union territories were formed, but demand for the formation of more states was continued in different parts of the nation in form of movements.
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Describe the different steps of unification of Rajasthan.
Answer:
Different steps of unification of Rajasthan are:
- Matsya Sangh:
In first step of unification of Rajasthan Matsya Sangh was formed by the accession of Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli and region of Neemrana which is geographically same. It was named Matsya Sangh. It was the name of this region in Mahabharata period. On 18 March 1948, the Central Minister N.V. Gadgil did inauguration of this Sangh. Ruler of Dholpur was made its Raj Pramukh, Shobharam was made its Prime minister and Alwar was made its capital. - East Rajasthan:
In this second step, nine states, i.e., Banswara, Doongarpur, Pratapgarh, Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar, Kishangarh, Shahpura and Tonk were merged and East Rajasthan was organized. It was inaugurated by N.V. Gadgil on 25 March 1948. Ruler of Kota was made its Raj Pramukh, Gokul Lai Asawa was made the Prime Minister, Kota was made its capital. - United Rajasthan:
Maharana of Mewar was ready to merge before the organization of East Rajasthan. On 11 April 1948 Mewar signed on the document of merger. In this way after merging Mewar into East Rajasthan, United Rajasthan was formed. It was inaugurated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. On 18th April 1948, Maharana of Mewar Bhoopal Singh was made Raj Pramukh and Manikya Lai Verma Prime Minister. Udaipur was made its capital. - Greater Rajasthan:
After the merger of Mewar, merger of other states became easy. In fourth step, merger of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer gave birth to the formation of Greater Rajasthan. On 30 March 1949 it was inaugurated by Sardar Patel. Maharana Bhoopal Singh of Mewar was made its Maharaj Pramukh and Heera Lai Shastri was made the Prime Minister. Jaipur was declared its capital. Being the most important step of unification, this day is celebrated as Rajasthan Diwas. - United Greater Rajasthan:
During this process, Matsya Sangh was working independently, but being the part of border region of Uttar Pradesh decision regarding it had to done accordingly. Hence, on 15 May 1948, Matsya Sangh was merged in Greater Rajasthan and United Greater Rajasthan was formed. Shobha Ram Shastri was included in Council of Ministers. - Rajasthan Union:
In merger steps, question of merger of Sirohi was left. On 26 January 1950, two Tehsils of Sirohi i.e. Abu and Dilwara were merged in Bombay and rest of the Sirohi was merged in Rajasthan. People of Sirohi wanted the merger of two Tehsils also in Rajasthan. Hence, this issue was handed over to the State Reorganization Commission. - Formation of Present Rajasthan:
In British period, Ajmer-Marwada was a union territory hence it remained an independent state till 1956 as grade ‘C’ state. At last on the recommandation of the State Reorganization Commission, this region was merged in Rajasthan. Abu and Dilwara were also merged in Rajasthan on the recommendation of the Commission. Border attached with Madhya Pradesh was also reorganized. Suneltappa of Madhya Pradesh and Sironj of Rajasthan was merged in Madhya Pradesh.
At last on 1st November 1956 unification of Rajasthan was completed and the present form of Rajasthan came into being. Post of Raj Pramukh was abolished. Gurumukh Nihal Singh took oath in the form of first Governor of the state.
Question 2.
Describe Operation Polo.
Answer:
After Kashmir, Hyderabad state was the second in term of size which was located in Southern Plateau and surrounded by land of India. At the time of independence it had rule of Nizam Mir Usman Ali. In population of Hyderabad, 85% were Hindus but in army, police and administration Muslims dominance was there. Nizam was dreaming of an independent state on the basis of administrative power and support of Jinnah. When Mountbatten advised Hyderabad to merge in Constituent Assembly the Nizam said if pressure would be put on him then he will think of merging with Pakistan seriously. In the mean time, a Muslim terrorist organization named Razakar was formed. It did atrocities on a large scale.
Rajakars converted issue of the merger of Hyderabad into a communal problem. Due to migration of lot of people from Hyderabad to Madras (Tamil Nadu) pressure increased on this neighbouring state. By seeing all this Vallabhbhai Patel took some final action rather than waiting. He took decision of taking military action against Nizam and requested Nehruji to call a meeting of the ministrial council for it. Prime Minister Nehru expressed his doubts and Patel argued its necessity.
On 13 September 1948 Indian army attacked Hyderabad from three sides. This attack was named as ‘Operation Polo’. Nizam’s army men surrendered in 2-3 days. Rajakars also surrendered in 4 days. On 17th September 1948 Nizam accepted the merger of Hyderabad in India and signed the succession pact of merger with India.
Question 3.
Throw light on conditions of merger of Jammu-Kashmir in India.
Answer:
Kashmir was the most important princely state of colonial India, not only in its area but from war or security point of view it was also important. It shared its borders with Tibet, China and Afghanistan.
Jammu region which was attached to Punjab which is comparatively more flat. Kashmir Valley, high peaks of Ladakh and at the back of Ladakh sparsely populated region of Gilgit and Baltistan. All these regions which were scattered brought under one umbrella by the Dogra Rajputs of Jammu, which won Ladakh in decade of 1830, Kashmir valley in 1840 by Britishers. At the time of independence this state was situated at the Indo-Pak Border so it was important. Maharaja had his rule over Kashmir from 1925. In 1932 Muslim conference was organised in Jammu- Kashmir which worked to create unrest against Hari Singh.
Later it was named as national conference, Sheikh Abdullah became the senior leader of it up to 15- August 1947. Hari Singh had not taken any decision regarding his state. On the other hand, Pakistan wanted the merger of it by hook and crook and offered many gifts and needs but not succeeded. In such situation, Pak military entered here form of Kashmir in 1947. Just after Independence, at the end of October it reached near Sri Nagar. On 26 October 1947 a meeting was held in Delhi on the issue and condition of Kashmir, in which Prime minister of Jammu-Kashmir Mehar Chand Mahajan and Sheikh Abdullah of National Conference were present.
Mahajan and Sheikh both requested Indian government to send army in Kashmir and drive the Pakistani attackers. On 26 October 1947 Raja Hari signed merger document on the basis of same terms as other states were merged.
UNO formed a Commission and declared ceasefire between both Pak and India. Hence, as a result l/3rd part of Jammu and Kashmir is still in Pakistan, which we called as Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
Question 4.
Explain the conditions of merger of Goa in India.
Answer:
Portuguese were not giving attention on the demand of merger of Goa in India. They wanted to keep Goa under them till it possible. The Portuguese Dictator Olevira Salazar denied to vaccate Goa considered it the symbol of light of West. Beside Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadar and Nagar Haveli were also under Portugal. Efforts to liberate Goa were made at the diplomatic level but with no results. Then under the Goa National Committee, Satyagraha was observed on 18th June, 1954 and the National flag was hoisted. Inspite of suppressive measures by the Portuguese administration, Dadra and Nagar Haveli were occupied on 22nd July, 1954 with the efforts of Goa Peoples Party and Independent Goa.
On 15th August, 1955 Goa movement took a dramatic turn. The Indian Government started Operation Vijay to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu in 1961 under General J.N. Chaudhary. On 19th December, 1961 Portuguese rulers surrendered at 2.25 P.M. and the Indian flag was hoisted in Goa Daman and Diu.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SOLVED
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Question 1.
Which state was not reorganised in 2000?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer:
(d).
Question 2.
How many states and centrally governed union territories are there in India?
(a) 27 and 6
(b) 28 and 9
(c) 28 and 7
(d) 29 and 7
Answer:
(d).
Question 3.
He was known as the Iron man of India.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Sh. V.P. Menon
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer:
(a).
Question 4.
The States Reorganisation Act was passed in
(a) 1948
(b) 1953
(c) 1954
(d) 1956
Answer:
(d).
Question 5.
Who was the Hindu ruler of the state of Kashmir at the time of merger of princely states with the Indian federation?
(a) Maharaja Hari Singh
(b) Maharaja Kunwar Singh
(c) Maharaja Vijay Singh
(d) Maharaja Man Singh
Answer:
(a).
Question 6.
The people of Junagarh voted overwhelmingly in favour of accession to India in
(a) January, 1948
(b) February, 1948
(c) March, 1948
(d) February, 1949
Answer:
(a).
Question 7.
The French rule in Pondicherry lasted upto .
(a) 21st October, 1953
(b) 31st October, 1953
(c) 21st October, 1954
(d) 31st October, 1954
Answer:
(d).
Question 8.
At the time of independence the number of princely states was
(a) 560
(b) 562
(c) 592
(d) 596
Answer:
(b).
Question 9.
The freedom fighter who observed fast unto death to get the state of Andhra Pradesh, was
(a) Sardar. Bhagat Singh
(b) P. Shriramulu
(c) P. Venakaitayya
(d) R.S. Shankaracharya
Answer:
(b).
Question 10.
Which is not the Hindi-speaking state of India?
(a) Haryana
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
(c).
Question 11.
For the liberation of Goa, the government of India started the
(a) Operation Vijay
(b) Operation Thunder
(c) Operation Black
(d) Operation Blue
Answer:
(a).
Very Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Which three princely states did not agree to the accession pact up to 15th August, 1947?
Answer:
(a) Junagarh
(b) Hyderabad, and
(c) Kashmir.
Question 2.
Pondicherry was the colony of which European country?
Answer:
Pondicherry was the colony of France.
Question 3.
Operation Vijay (1961) was related to which area?
Answer:
Operation Vijay was related to Goa, Daman and Diu.
Question 4.
In 1966, which states were formed by reorganising Punjab?
Answer:
The states of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal were formed by reorganising Punjab in 1966.
Question 5.
Demand for the formation of which state of Maharashtra is raised from time to time?
Answer:
Demand is raised for the formation of Vidarbha from Maharashtra.
Question 6.
Which Indian leader took the Kashmir issue to the United Nations?
Answer:
It was Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru who took the Kashmir-dispute issue to UNO.
Question 7.
What was the demand of P. Sriramulu, the freedom fighter?
Answer:
P. Sriramulu demanded the separate state of Andhra Pradesh.
Question 8.
What are the North-Eastern states of India, popularly known as?
Answer:
The North-Eastern states of India are known as ‘Seven Sisters’.
Question 9.
Who was the close associate of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the task of integration and merger of the states in the independent India?
Answer:
V.P. Menon was the close associate and secretary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Question 10.
When did Sardar Patel and Menon succeed in convincing some rulers to sign the succession pact?
Answer:
Sardar Patel and Menon could convince the rulers to sign the succession pact on 25th July, 1947.
Question 11.
When was the process of forming the Rajasthan state completed?
Answer:
The process of forming the Rajasthan state was completed on 1st November 1956.
Question 12.
When was the Interim government formed in India?
Answer:
The Interim government was formed in India in 1946.
Question 13.
Who was appointed as the first Home Minister of India?
Answer:
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was appointed the first Home Minister of India.
Question 14.
When did the government of India launch Operation Vijay to free Goa, Daman and Diu?
Answer:
‘Operation Vijay’ was launched at the mid-night of 17th and 18th December 1961.
Question 15.
Which three states were formed in the Northern India in 1966 on the basis of language?
Answer:
- Haryana
- Punjab and
- Himachal Pradesh
Question 16.
Which two policies were adopted by Sardar Patel for the reorganisation of states?
Answer:
(a) External Integration and
(b) Internal Organisation.
Question 17.
Which states formed the Matsya Sangh in Rajasthan?
Answer:
Matsya Sangh was formed by the accession of Alwar, Karauli and Dhaulpur.
Question 18.
When was the Goa National Committee established?
Answer:
The Goa National Committee was established in 1953.
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Which areas were under the control of France?
Answer:
The areas under the control of France. were Karaikal (Tamil Nadu), Mahe (Kerala), Yanam (Andhra Pradesh) and Chandra Nagar (West Bengal) besides Goa.
Question 2.
Give the contribution of Sardar Patel in the integration of princely state.
Answer:
Sardar Patel appealed to the rulers of the princely states to accede to India before 15th August, 1947. During his tenure as home minister the process of integration became faster. States of Junagarh, Kashmir and Hyderabad were merged with India. He also helped in the integration of states by his policy of internal organisation and external integration.
Question 3.
Give a brief description of demand for formation of new states in India.
Answer:
Bombay was divided to form Maharashtra for Marathi-speaking and Gujarat for the Gujarati-speaking. In 1966 Punjab was reorganised to create Punjab for the Punjabi-speaking and Himachal Pradesh and Haryana for the Hindi-speaking. In 1972 states of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura were formed and after sometimes Arunachal Pradesh,
Nagaland and Mizoram were made states. From 2000 onwards were formed the states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) and Chhattisgarh.
Question 4.
What was the policy of external integration adopted by Sardar Patel for the reorganisation of states?
Answer:
Sardar Patel adopted the policy of external integration to reorganise the states i.e. he merged the smaller states with their neighbouring states to form big states.
Question 5.
What was the difference in the policies of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel regarding the Kashmir issue.
Answer:
Nehru took the matter to UNO for resolving the case. Sardar Patel wanted to free Kashmir from Pak tribesmen by military action.
Question 6.
Which two organisations fought for the freedom of Pondicherry?
Answer:
The two organisations i.e. French India National Congress and the French India Students Congress fought fiercely for the freedom of Pondicherry from the French. These two organisations were established in 1946 with an aim to liberate Pondicherry and to merge it into India.
Question 7.
What was the report given by Justice S.K.Das Commission regarding reorganisation of states?
Answer:
Keeping in view the demand to reorganise states on the linguistic basis, Justice S.K. Das Commission was set up in 1948 suggested in its report on 10th October 1948 that the
states should be reorganised on the basis of administrative convenience rather than linguistic principles.
Question 8.
What was the basic provision of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956?
Answer:
The Government of India passed in 1956 the States Reorganisation Act and made provision of fourteen (14) states and six (6) centrally administered units in the Indian Federation.
Question 9.
What was the main aim of the Goa National Committee?
Answer:
The Goa National Committee was established in 1953. Its main aim was to co-ordinate all the activities of national parties of Goa for the merger of Goa into India and to make the Indian government stronger.
Question 10.
What is something special about ‘Goa’ regarding the Portuguese imperialism?
Answer:
Portuguese colonisation of Goa was the first incident of the European imperialism in Asia and it was the last European country to leave India. Portugual had won Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur in 1510. Later in 1546 Diu and in 1559, Daman were annexed with Goa. Dadra and Nagar Haveli also came under Portugal. All these were collectively known as Goa, the Portuguese colony.
Question 11.
What was the position of the Princely States under the Indian Independence Act, 1947?
Answer:
It was conveyed by the Indian Independence Act that the princely states were free to join India or Pakistan or remain independent but it was not acceptable to the leaders of freedom struggle, Praja Mandais and All India Peoples Conference. They wanted the integration of the princely states in India.
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Write a note on the problems of Reorganisation of States and demarcation of boundaries in independent India and its solution.
Answer:
Soon after independence of India, the Indian Federation formed was not unitary in principles. As a result of integration of the British states and the princely states, the four categories of states were created i.e. A, B, C and D. The states so formed were different from the point of view of population, size, financial resources and administrative convenience. In fact, in common principle was adopted to categorise them. It was in 1920 that the Congress had raised the issue of reorganisation of administrative units on linguistic basis.
After independence, the issue again arose to reorganise the states on the linguistic basis. Keeping this in view the Indian government set up a Commission under the chairmanship of Justice S.K. Das in 1948. The report was submitted on 10th October, 1948 suggesting therein that the state should be reorganised on the basis of administrative convenience rather than the linguistic basis. This report faced a great opposition in India. In December 1946, the government appointed another Commission of Sardar Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya under the chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru. This Commission too did not accept the demand for reorganisation of states on the linguistic basis.
It was in October, 1953 that Telugu- speaking Andhra Pradesh had to be separated from Madras under the compelling circumstances caused due to the death of freedom fighter P. Shriramulu who had observed fast unto death to get his demand fulfilled. Thus, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were formed for the Telugu speaking and the Tamil speaking people respectively.
In December 1953, the New States Reorganisation Commission was appointed. On the basis of its report, in 1954 linguistic principle for reorganisation of states but * not in all the cases was accepted. The Government of India passed States Reorganisation Act in 1956, creating 14 states and 6 centrally administered units. Riots broke out in Bombay for getting Marathi-speaking state of Maharashtra. Fifty people died in the police firing. Finally, the states of Maharashtra for the Marathi-speaking and Gujarat for the
Gujarati-speaking had to be formed in 1960. Similar demand was raised in Punjab and consequently the states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh were reorganised for the Hindi-speaking and Punjab for the Punjabi-speaking people. In 1972, some tribal areas of Assam were separated and states of Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura, were formed. After some time. Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram were formed. All these states including Assam in North-East are known as Seven Sisters. In 1975, Sikkim was included in the Indian Republic.
The demand to reorganise states on the linguistic basis, however, could not be suppressed. In 2000, three states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) and Chhattisgarh were formed. At present, India consists of 29 states and 7 union territories.
Thus, the states have been reorganised and their boundaries have been demarcated on different basis but language has remained the main motivating factor.
Question 2.
Discuss about the merger of Bhopal and Rajput states with India.
Answer:
Merge of Bhopal: The Nawab of Bhopal did not like to merge his state into Indian union. After the declaration of Cripp’s Mission, he tried to influence other Hindu and Muslim rulers. This event made the Maharaja of Bikaner and Patiala aggressive. Jinnah and other officials of Nawab were supporting these rulers to merge with Pakistan. But finally, with the efforts of Sardar Patel, Bhopal was merged with India.
Merger of Rajput states with India: In Rajasthan, maharaja of Jodhpur and Udaipur wanted to merge their states with India, but Nizam of Hyderabad and Bhopal were creating some problems. Jinnah and the British officials were trying to influence the Nawab of Bhopal. The Nawab of Bhopal could merge into Pakistan only when the Maharaja of Udaipur was ready to support the Nawab of Bhopal. However, the Maharana of Udaipur denied and merged with India. People of of Jodhpur and Jaisalmer wanted to merge with India. But, the ruler of Jodhpur with the support of Jinnah and other Muslim leaders was interested to merge with Pakistan and also wanted Jaisalmer to go along with him.
But, due to Sardar Patel and V.P. Menon’s diplomatic policy, Jinnah could not get success. Finally, these rulers agreed for a merger with India. During all this process, the state to Travancore declared to be independent. But, some leaders of the Congress raised in agitation. The ruler signed the documents of the merger. Therefore, the successful merger of Bhopal and all the Rajput states with India has a great importance in history.
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