Study the given cartoon carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Question: 1
Name the leader talking to the Prince in this cartoon.
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is famously known as the “Iron Man of India” and the “Bismarck of India” for his masterful, firm, and diplomatic role in integrating the princely states.
What does the Prince sitting on the back of a poor man indicate?
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The crouching man represents the oppressed subjects (States' People) who bore the entire burden of funding the luxury of the rulers, highlighting why there was intense popular demand for integration with a democratic India.
The Instrument of Accession was the legal document through which princely states agreed to merge with India. Patel's genius lay in requesting only the minimum sovereign control (Defence, Foreign Affairs, Communications) first, to ensure immediate integration.
