When Pakistan and India were created ... of the major Princely States to Pakistan – Kalat, Khairpur and Bahawalpur among others, without which a contiguous map of West Pakistan would not have ...

India's maharajahs or rulers of princely states are commonly viewed through stereotypes of elephants, dancing girls, and grand palaces. Historian Manu Pillai revisits their legacy. If you look ...

If the princely states stayed out, India would not have been the consolidated nation that we see on the map today. Instead, ...