Reshaping India's Political Map
Independence in 1947 left a divided map of British provinces and princely states. This chapter of the NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook narrates how India was reshaped: the integration of princely states, Partition and its boundary lines, the linguistic reorganisation of states in 1956, and the later creation of new states through bifurcation. Maps trace each stage, showing how administrative unity, language, culture and development demands redrew boundaries into the federal India of states and union territories seen today.
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