>>12900883Bongs didn't unite India even though they believe they did, the reality was British India itself was a hodgepodge of kingdoms, and feudal states, each with their own currency, army, etc. It was basically how Americans rule EU today, you guys have some level of autonomy but at the end of the day the US decides your foreign policy. Indian ministers had to go to the tedious process of getting every king to join India, and sometimes that required waging war on said kingdoms because many of them even had their own armies.