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of princely states to the two dominions, as the communications and customs, to ensure that<br />

Indian Independence Act had not done so, existing administrative arrangements did not<br />

specifically. It was enthusiastically welcomed by suffer as a result of the changes forced on these<br />

states. The same was repeated by Lord matters by the partition of India. The provision<br />

Mountbatten in his capacity as Crown also envisaged that any dispute concerning this<br />

Representative, when the special session of issue would be settled by arbitration and as stated<br />

Chamber of Princes was held on July 25, 1947. thus: “nothing in this agreement includes the<br />

He assured the princes that their accession on exercise of any paramountcy functions.” It was<br />

these three subjects would involve no financial felt during the conference that some rulers were<br />

liability and that in other matters; there would be inclined to execute the Standstill Agreement but<br />

no encroachment on their sovereignty. Finally, he were inclined to wait before executing the<br />

appealed to them to join any one of the two Instrument of Accession. It was, however, made<br />

dominions before August 15, 1947. In order to clear to such rulers that the Government of India<br />

expedite the work, the Negotiating Committee of had decided to execute Standstill Agreement with<br />

Chamber of Princes prepared the draft of only those who had already signed the Instrument<br />

Instrument of Accession and Standstill of Accession. Therefore, the only agreements<br />

Agreement which were approved by the General which constituted the basis of relationship<br />

Conference of the Chamber of Princes on August between the Indian states and the successor<br />

1, 1947. The Standstill Agreement, vide government in British India were the Instrument<br />

Independence Act, Section 7, Sub-section 1(c), of Accession and the Standstill Agreement. Thus,<br />

envisaged that till new agreements were made, all before August 15, 1947, all the states except<br />

existing agreements and administrative Hyderabad, Junagarh and Kashmir had acceded,<br />

arrangements would continue. This would ensure either to India or to Pakistan.<br />

the temporary continuation of existing provisions To be Continued<br />

concerning posts and telegraphs, transit,<br />

24<br />

October 2017<br />

<strong>JK</strong>

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