5 States That Refused to Join India

India only became an independent country on August 15, 1947. It actually used to be a British colony. In fact, the country was ruled by the British Crown for almost 100 years. Most of the states were fine with becoming part of newly born India. But some of them wanted to become part of a neighboring country, while others wanted their own independence!

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Travancore 1:12

Jodhpur 2:04

Bhopal 3:17

Junagadh 4:11

Hyderabad 5:13


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SUMMARY:
- Travancore was the first state to object to becoming part of the newly independent India. At first, Travancore wanted to become its own country, but after a series of negotiations with the Indian government, it finally agreed to join India.
- Jodhpur is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The prince of Jodhpur at that time thought that it might be beneficial for him to join Pakistan because his state shared a border with the also recently independent country to the northwest.
- Although a vast majority of the population in Bhopal wanted to join India, the king there wanted his state to be independent. He even made his decision clear to his friend Lord Mountbatten, who wrote back to him saying that “no ruler could run away from the dominion closest to him.”
- The story behind Junagadh is kind of a shocking one. It was a princely city-state in the present-day westernmost state of Gujarat. The Indian government was sure that it would join them because that’s what the local people wanted. But the king surprised everybody by agreeing to become part of Pakistan.
- The case of Hyderabad was probably the most interesting. It was a state located in the heart of India, yet the king there wanted to remain independent and become a member of the British Commonwealth of nations.

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