People's Movements in the Princely States
From the 1920s, people in the princely states began to demand civil rights and responsible government through Praja Mandals and the All India States' People's Conference.
- All India States' People's Conference (1927), Bombay: Balwantrai Mehta, Manikyalal Verma, G.R. Abhyankar. Jawaharlal Nehru presided at Ludhiana (1939).
- Praja Mandals and State Congresses: Hyderabad State Congress (1938), Travancore State Congress (1938), Mysore, Rajkot (1938 to 1939, Vallabhbhai Patel and Gandhi's fast), Kashmir and others.
- Congress policy: non-intervention in princely states (reaffirmed at Haripura, 1938), until Tripuri (1939), and then moral support. After Ludhiana (1939) the Congress took greater interest.
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