Answer:
Just before
independence in 1947, there were two types of states in India?the Provinces and
the Princely states.
Provinces were ruled directly by British officials who were appointed by
the Viceroy.
Princely states were ruled by local, hereditary rulers, who
acknowledged sovereignty of the British in return for local autonomy. Examples
of the rulers of Princely states are the Nizam of Hyderabad and Maharaja Hari
Singh of Jammu and Kashmir.
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