alleryWho steered the integration of the princely states into the Indian Union?
AJawaharlal Nehru
BVallabhbhai Patel
CRajendra Prasad
DMaulana Azad
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Vallabhbhai Patel
1. Nehru declared that states refusing to join the Constituent Assembly would be treated as enemy states.
2. Patel took responsibility for bringing them into the Union.
3. Rajagopalachari replaced Mountbatten as Governor-General in June 1948.
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