S7E1: The Dream of a Princestan? India United 1

Given a choice, many native princes did not want to become a part of the independent Indian republic in 1947. Quite a few of them had even hatched a conspiracy to create a confederacy of princely states. Some influential British officials still supported those ambitions, albeit with an imperialist motive. But Jawaharlal Nehru was implacably opposed to these fantasies. He had personally suffered at the hands of autocratic princes on several occasions. Journalist Sandeep Bamzai argues that a particular clause in the Indian Independence ACT was inserted solely to preserve these states and embarrass the fledgling Indian republic with multiple small independent states all around it. The first episode of a four part series on the integration of princely states with India lays bare these complex legal and political background of the 565 princely states in India on the eve of independence and partition. Join us on 🎤 as we bring to you a 4-part - India United: Princely States and the Indian Republic New Episodes Streaming from 06.08.2023 on @eplogmedia app or your preferred streaming platforms You can

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S7E1: The Dream of a Princestan? India United 1 is an episode from Historychatter Podcast by Ep.Log Media.

This episode is 31:43 long.

This episode was published on Aug 7, 2023.

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