Question

There are how many princely states in India at the time of independence?

Answer 1

Hint:
1. Independence Day is observed annually in India on August 15 as the national holiday to mark the independence of the country from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947.

2. In a subsidiary alliance with the British Raj, a princely state, also called the native state, feudal state or Indian state, was a vassal state under a local or indigenous or regional ruler.

Complete answer:
1. At the time of the British withdrawal, apart from thousands of zamindari estates and jagirs, 565 princely states were officially recognised in the Indian subcontinent. Princely states covered 40 percent of the pre-independence region of India in 1947 and made up 23 percent of its population.

2. Hyderabad of the Nizams, Mysore and Travancore in the South, followed by Jammu and Kashmir, and Sikkim in the Himalayas, and Indore in Central India, were their own British Political Residencies

3. In rank, scale, and resources, the princely states differed greatly; Hyderabad and Jammu and Kashmir's premier 21-gun salute states were each over 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi) in size. Hyderabad had a population of over 16 million in 1941, while the population of Jammu and Kashmir was slightly over 4 million. The non-salute principality of Lawa occupied an area of 49 km2 (19 sq mi) at the other end of the scale and had a population of just under 3,000.

Note:
1. Gandhi Ji played a very important role in independence. He was an important part of Indian history.

2. India’s first prime minister was Jawaharlal Nehru. He played a vital role in the independence of India. He gave a speech