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The credit for integrating the Indian princely states goes to

  1. Sardar Patel

  2. Rajendra Prasad

  3. J.L. Nehru

  4. Lord Mountbatten
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, as India's first Home Minister, was responsible for integrating 560+ princely states into the Indian Union through diplomacy, persuasion, and sometimes force. This monumental achievement is often called his 'unification of India'. Nehru was Prime Minister, Rajendra Prasad became President, and Mountbatten was the last Viceroy.

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