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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Question 543:To Join or not to Join

The rulers of Kashmir, Hyderabad, and Junagadh were among the last to formally join the the Indian union shortly after independence. The first two rulers were reluctant to join because both had dreams of becoming completely independant. The Nawab of Junagadh, however attempted to join Pakistan despite sharing no boundaries with it for a rather different reason. What was it?

The principle interest in this rulers life was well dogs of all shapes and sizes. Reportedly he spent fortunes on gifts and and parties for his favorite dogs. He refused to join India on being convinced by agents from Pakistan that the first act of independent India would be to poison his dogs.

5 comments:

  1. he said junagadh was adjacent to pakistan by sea...

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  2. they could reach Pak by sea
    you need to improve your quality of questions man

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  3. the nawab of junagarh claimed the adjoining arabian sea, which connected it to pakistan, as a boundary

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  4. Because according to the Nawab Junagadh was linked to Pak by sea.

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