discussions with the princes about the necessity to join India. He even made it clear that if they did not do so, the army would have to be sent to complete the process of unification. By 15th August 1947, all states except Kashmir, Hyderabad and Junagadh had agreed to sign the Instrument of Accession with India. These three states were also made to join in the next two years.
The government of these princely states was taken over and the princes were given pension funds called privy-purse to meet their personal expenses. New administrative units were created by combining different territories. The first phase of this process of creating the new states of India went on till 1956. Interestingly, in 1971, the government of India abolished the privy purses and titles used by the former princely families.
The modern India that you know came into being. In 1947, it was a poor nation with low human development indicators and bad infrastructural facilities. In two centuries, colonialism had blocked the development of the country and tried to destroy the self-confidence of its people. Building a modern self-dependent and equitable nation in India was both a challenge and an opportunity

Dominion status
Divide and rule
Separate electorate

1. Make a table and show how different groups, and individuals in India responded to World War II What dilemmas were faced by these groups? (AS1 )
2. . Given the brutal manner in which particular communities like Jews and others were treated in Germany, do you think it would have been morally right to support Germany or Japan? (AS1 )
3. Make a list of various reasons for the Partition of the country. (AS1 )
4. What were the different ways in which power sharing among different communities was organised before Partition? (AS1 )
5. How did British colonialists practice their ‘divide and rule’ policy in India? How was it similar or different from what you have studied about Nigeria? (AS1 )
6. What were the different ways in which religion was used in politics before Partition? (AS
7. How were workers and peasants mobilised during the last years of freedom struggle? (AS1)
8. How did Partition affect the lives of ordinary people? What was the political response to mass migration following Partition? (A
9. ntegration of various princely states into the new Indian nation was a challenging task. Discuss. (AS1 )
10. Locate the following in the political map of India. (AS5 ) a) Kashmir
    b) Hyderabad
    c) Junagarh
    d) Bengal
    e) Travancore
11. . Which qualities do you like in Subhash Chandra Bose ? Why. (AS6)