565 Apr 2026

: Rulers were given three choices: join India, join Pakistan, or remain independent.

This book by , published by Hachette India , details the massive task of unifying India’s 565 princely states in the two months leading up to independence in 1947. : Rulers were given three choices: join India,

: It highlights the efforts of Sardar Patel , V.P. Menon , and Jawaharlal Nehru to convince skeptical princes to join the Indian Union. or remain independent. This book by