At the time of independence, how many provinces were there in British India? A) 7 B) 11 C) 14 D) 17

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Dileep Vishwakarma

2 years ago

At the time of independence, British India consisted of 17 provinces and 562 princely states. The provinces were given to India or Pakistan, in some cases in particular - Punjab and Bengal - after being partitioned.

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