The attainment of Indian Freedom (1947) was a classic case of self-determination. But Independence did not signify the end of the struggle for India. In fact it raised more problems than it solved. One such problem was to maintain the traditional boundary and prevent the Balkanisation of the nascent Indian nation. The crisis was primarily precipitated by some of the Princely States and Excluded Areas, which threatened to stay out of independent India. The Indian ...
