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Instrument of Accession

The Instrument of Accession was a legal document legislated by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in the Government of India Act 1935, that was used in 1947 to enable each of the rulers of the princely states under British paramountcy to join one of the new dominions of India or Pakistan created by the Partition of British India.

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