Princely States and Reorganisation
Part 2 — how about 565 princely states joined the Union, and how the map was redrawn on linguistic lines.
In this lesson you will
- Explain the problem of the princely states and how they were integrated
- Describe the difficult cases of Junagadh, Hyderabad and Manipur
- Explain the movement for linguistic states and the States Reorganisation Act of 1956
- Assess why linguistic reorganisation strengthened unity and democracy