There were some 560 princely
states scattered over the Sub-continent, each of which voluntarily acceded
to either Pakistan or India.
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Special trains carrying refugees reached
Pakistan in August 1947 |
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But four of them, Junagadh,
Hyderabad, Jodhpur and Kashmir, defied the principle of partition, The
first three, being Hindu majority states, were annexed forcibly by India.
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