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Sardar Patel is credited for having merged around _______ princely states with the Union of India.
  1. 550

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The correct option is A 550
The princely states of India were allowed to choose the country they wanted to join, post-independence. Patel merged 562 princely states with the Union of India. His determination and negotiations made a seemingly impossible task possible.

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