the story of the integration of the indian states

The union inherited federal India that was built under the Crown’s representatives over a period but the 1935 Act has fully defined the federation.

The Independence Act and the ordinance empowered the union government to bring the states under federal India.

Literally, the states came under the union government. Then Extra-Provincial Jurisdiction ordinance was promulgated enabling the Dominion government to acquire and exercise executive and judicial powers in the Indian States. Nizam signed such an agreement on 29th September 1947 thus Hyderabad transferred most of its power to the Indian Union. The Union Government under Clause 7 designed Standstill Agreements to sign with the States aiming to control air communication, arms and equipment, control of commodities, currency and coinage, irrigation and electric power, national highways, and the State forces. The Nizam earlier refused to entertain M. The Hyderabad was neither Muslim nor Hindu State, therefore, doesn’t join communally divided two Dominions. The Nizam Government’s representative Walter Monckton argued with Mountbatten with regard to Hyderabad on Jthat “The dynasty, a Muslim one with a predominantly Hindu population, would in any judgment commit suicide by joining Hindustan.” Secretary of State for India clarified Clause 7 Sub-section (1) of the Act relating to the Princely States “from the date new dominions are set up the treaties and agreements which gave us suzerainty over the States will become void.” That was how the Princely States have become part of either of the Dominions.Įarlier the Nizam had written to Mountbatten that Hyderabad would not accede to “either of the new Dominions” which in his opinion are “happily divided upon a purely communal basis”. Indian Independence Bill was passed by the British parliament on 18 July 1947 for creating two dominions India and Pakistan.

The story of the integration of the indian states