But in order to avoid the Balkanization of the Indian subcontinent, the Attlee government emphasized the necessity of mergence of the native states with British India in all its policy statements.

• 在英属印度移交权力的过程中，英国政府及英印总督蒙巴顿积极协调土邦与印度继承政府之间的关系，劝导实力强大的土邦王公放弃谋求独立的想法。