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Story of India's 565 princely states: Mallika Ravikumar

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India and 565 princely states: Mallika Ravikumar ‘565: The Dramatic Story of Unifying India’ by Mallika Ravikumar talks in detail about the thorny issues which India faced at the time of Partition. The Trav...

-“As the men continued to the agitated discussion in the hall, seated in an inner chamber was another guest from Kashmir – Nehru’s dear friend – Sheikh Abdullah.

-“Listening keenly through a crack in the door, Sheikh had raised his own ten thousand of his party volunteers-militia… Like Kashmir Prime Minister Mahajan, he too had come to Delhi to plead for help from the Indian government.”

-“Pulling out a pen from the pocket of his waistcoat, Sheikh Abdullah flipped open a notepad, he hurriedly scribbled a note, sent it out to Nehru and waited.”

-“Nehru’s face lost colour as he read Sheikh Abdullah’s note. The Sheikh had written that he agreed with Prime Minister Mahajan.”

565 by Mallika Ravikumar