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Condition of India immediately after 1947 & Need for Unification At time of independence in 1947, there were more than 600 princely states including - Jammu & Kashmir, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Travancore, Junagarh, Baroda, Goa, Bikaner, Patiyala, Rewa, Mewad. Hyderabad being the the largest one. http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Indian_independenceHYPERLINK/wiki/India was divided into two sets of territories -- the first being the territories under the control of the http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/British_Empire, and the second being the territories over which http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/The_Crown had http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Suzerainty, but which were under the control of their hereditary rulers. In addition, there were several colonial enclaves controlled by http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/France and http://wiki.answers.com/wiki/Portugal. Unification of all the princely states into a single powerful nation was neede to survive, to progress & to emerge as a stable & powerful country of the continent.

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