on 15 august 1947 upon the independence of india, the nawab of junagarh decided to merge it into newly formed pakistan. the indian government maintained the people of junagadh should decide. pakistan waited until 13 september to respond saying they accepted junagarh's acceptance of pakistani rule. this caused a general revolt among the hindu majority of junagadh as well as protest movements in the surrounding states that had acceded to join india. the nawab then occupied territory in several of those states claiming he had rule over them. when the indian government sent a small force to restore order, the nawab fled to pakistan. his dewan (prime minister) agreed to rule by india. this resulted in the integration of junagadh into india.