who ruled these states?
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which state became part of india after independence Territories under British rule the suzerainty of the British Crown and princely states what was the reason that it was integrated? Because of India's independence were any states merged? Yes the princely states what was the relationship between these states and british? Tense, the British used  different policies to rule them Policy of annexation and Policy of indirect rule can you name some of the titles of the princes? Maharaja was one of them
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Political integration of India [SEP] The princes' position
The rulers of the princely states were not uniformly enthusiastic about integrating their domains into independent India. The Jamkhandi State integrated first with Independent India. Some, such as the rulers of Bikaner and Jawhar, were motivated to join India out of ideological and patriotic considerations, but others insisted that they had the right to join either India or Pakistan, to remain independent, or form a union of their own. Bhopal, Travancore and Hyderabad announced that they did not intend to join either dominion. Hyderabad went as far as to appoint trade representatives in European countries and commencing negotiations with the Portuguese to lease or buy Goa to give it access to the sea, and Travancore pointed to the strategic importance to western countries of its thorium reserves while asking for recognition.