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CBSE - Geography - India - Size and Location

India - Size and Location

Short Answer Type

Explain the two types of states found in India before 1947. 

1. Before 1947 there were two types of states in India-the provinces and the princely states.

2. Provinces are rules directly by British officials who were appointed by the Viceroy.

3. Princely states were ruled by local hereditary rulers, who acknowledged sovereignty in return for the local autonomy

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