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Question
State any two provisions of the Indian Independence Act of 1947 that was to decide the fate of the Princely States.
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Solution
Provision of Indian Independence act 1947 :
1. British India will be divided into two fully sovereign dominions of Pakistan and India.
2. British government reorganises the right and free will of princely state to either join Pakistan or India.
3. Suzerainty over princely state would be terminated over the princely states on August – 15, 1947.
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