Nag Sajal <br/><br/>
Making of the Indian union : Merger of princely states and excluded areas 

 - New Delhi  Akansha Pub. House  2007 
 - 369p  xi 
<br/><br/>Contents: P<br/>Preface. List of contributors. <br/>1. Introduction. <br/>2. The process of integration of Banganapalle State into Indian Union/Muhammed Mustafa. <br/>3. Process of integration of Baroda State with Indian Union/Arjun Patel. <br/>4. Contesting claims, consequent Heartburns (Provincial rivalries on some acceded states in the Central Tribal Belt of India, 1947-1949)/Abhijit Choudhury. <br/>5. The integration of Cooch Behar State/Arpita Sen. <br/>6. Ethnicity and political development in Darjeeling on the eve of Indian independence/Tejimala Gurung. <br/>7. Goa, Daman and Diu: Politics of Merger/Sarto Esteves. <br/>8. Liberation of Hyderabad State--a study/H. Srikanth. <br/>9. Process of integration of Junagarh/Mohammad Parwez. <br/>10. Kashmir: the disputed merger/Sajal Nag. <br/>11. Prelude to integration: political consciousness, political organizations and development in Khasi--Jaintia Hills (Upto 1952)/L.S. Gassah. <br/>12. The integration of the Khasi States into the Indian Union/D.R. Syiemlieh. <br/>13. The merger of Manipur with India/Ksh. Shyamkanhai Singh. <br/>14. The merger of Manipur into India/N. Joykumar Singh. <br/>15. Integration or independence: the debate in Mizoram on the eve of Indian Independence/Zochungnunga. <br/>16. The process of merger of Mizo Hills with India/Sangkima. <br/>17. Integration vs Independence: the debate in Naga Hills/C.L. Imchen. <br/>18. The Crown Colony Plan for the Hills of North East India: Concept to collapse 1941-1946/David R. Syiemleih. 19. Integration of the Princely States of Orissa/A.C. Pradhan. <br/>20. Integration of the Princely States of Orissa: 1947-49/J.K. Samal. <br/>21. Sikkim: Politics of immigrants/R.S. Chauhan. <br/>22. Annexation of Sikkim: the socio-political perspective/Ranju R. Dhamala. <br/>23. Documentation of the process of integration of Princely Tripura with the Indian Union/Mahadev Chakravarti. <br/>24. Merger and princely Tripura's political transition: 1947-49/ Ranjit Kumar De. <br/>25. The Merger Process of princely state Vansda in South Gujarat/Satyakam Joshi. <br/>Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788183701105 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>1. Constitutional History - India2. Federal Government - India - History3. State Governments - Politics & Government - 1947
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>342.042000  / NAG