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Who, as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, negotiated the princely states into India?

ARajendra Prasad
BSardar Patel
CJawaharlal Nehru
DRajagopalachari
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Sardar Patel
1. Sardar Patel was Deputy PM and Home Minister. 2. He was firm but diplomatic with the rulers. 3. Orissa alone had 26 small states. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1, Challenges of Nation Building._
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