ABSTRACT
In the large single states the ex-ruler became a Rajpramukh. But the Constitution of 1950, which listed the former British Provinces as Group A States, and the former Princely States and the larger State Unions as Group B States, gave the Indian President the same powers of dismissal of Governors in Group A as of Rajpramukhs in Group B. India also had development strategies and plans, a result of debates about economic management that had been conducted in Congress for some time before independence. Both India and Pakistan had to contend with the problem of the integration of the Princely States - most of which had had no internal experience of representative government. A States Reorganisation Commission was then established to look into the whole question yet again; but by then other communities were also demanding their linguistic region.
