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100	1		_aMenon, V. P. _q(Vapal Pangunni), _d1894-1966.
240	1	0	_aStory of the integration of the Indian states
245	1	0	_aIntegration of the Indian states / _cV.P. Menon.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_ahyderabad : _bOrient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd., _c2014.
300			_axxxiv, 500 p. : _bill., maps, ports. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aMaps on lining papers.
500			_aReprint. Originally published: The story of the integration of the Indian states. Calcutta : Orient Longman, 1956. With new appendices.
500			_aIncludes index.
501			_a Merging the 554 princely states with the Indian state was one of the most structurally monumental tasks that the Indian administration faced after Independence. V. P. Menon worked closely with Sardar Patel to help integrate the princely states with India. The book details the negotiations he carried out with each of these states. He has taken up the case of each state and shown how they were persuaded to sign the Instrument of Accession which made them a part of the Indian union. He also shows how various states were grouped together to form new administrative units. This reissue of the volume has a new Introduction that contextualises it for contemporary readers. It gives us a brief account of the author, the book and the background in which it was written. It tells us how the process of carving out states from the jigsaw puzzle that India was after Independence is something that continues.
504			_aBibliography: p. [491-492] and index
505			_aList of Photographs, Cartoons and Maps Preface Introduction 1. Setting the Stage 2. Spokes in the Wheel 3. The Parting Gift 4. Prelude to Chaos 5. Stopping the Gap 6. Junagadh 7. The Orissa and Chattisgarh States 8. Saurashtra 9. The Deccan and Gujarat States 10. Vindhya Pradesh 11. Madhya Bharat 12. Patiala and East Punjab States Union 13. Rajasthan 14. Travancore-Cochin 15. Mysore 16. A Miscellany of States 17. Hyderabad I 18. Hyderabad II 19. Hyderabad III 20. Jammu And Kashmir State 21. Baroda 22. I Administrative Consolidation II Incorporation of the States Forces into the Indian Army 23. Financial Integration 24. Organic Unification 25. The Cost of Integration 26. Retrospect and Prospect Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV Photographs, Cartoons and Maps References Index
650		0	_aConstitutional history _zIndia.
650		0	_aFederal government _zIndia.
650		0	_aState governments _zIndia _xHistory.
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y1947-
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