Question 1
Name three problems that the newly independent nation of India faced.
Solution
The three problems that the newly idependent nation of India faced are mentioned below:
(i)The problem of the rehabilitation of 8 million refugees who had come into the country from newly born Pakistan.
(ii)The problem of the princely states. There were almost 500 princely states, each ruled by a Maharaja or a Nawab, and each of them had to be persuaded to join the new nation.
(iii)The new nation had to adopt a political system that would best serve the hopes and expectations of its population.
