indiakashmirraja hari singh of kashmir had been undecided about accession however with kashmir coming under attack from pakistan in october 1947 the raja sought urgent assistance from india help was extended by patel and the raja signed the instrument of accession in return the terms of kashmirs accession were worked out in the period between october 1947 and 26 november 1949 when the constituent assembly was drafting the constitution of indiabarodabaroda was one of the first states to sign the instrument of accession in favour of india but soon thereafter when the situation in junagadh had given rise to turmoil in kathiawar the raja of baroda sensed an opportunity to bargain for more moreover he began to make huge withdrawals from the state treasury and used his position to have them written off flatly refusing to entertain the unreasonable demands of the raja sardar ensured he soon towed the linetravancoretravancore had announced that it would assert its right to remain independent giving a boost to other states that nurtured similar dreams patels diplomacy and statesmanship eventually brought the raja of the state finally came on board after much reconsideration and deliberation this decision had a distinct impact on the rulers of other states who were as yet undecided on the issue of accessionjodhpurin june 1947 jodhpur after having attempted negotiations for better terms with pakistan had acceded to india following several meetings and negotiations geographically jodhpur was suited for joining pakistanthe maharaja of jodhpur had been given a blank paper by jinnah asking him to specify any conditions he wanted for acceding to pakistan when sardar met him to discuss the possibility of acceding to india the maharaja pulled out his pistol in the heat of the negotiations but finally he acceded to india as a result of patels diplomacy and statesmanshipbhopalthe nawab of bhopal wished to join neither india nor pakistan he wished to remain independent after several meetings and lengthy discussions with patel the nawab signed on the dotted linemanipurmanipur acceded to india after much uncertainty composing a very diverse population of tribals and facing mounting threats from communist groups of burma the raja of manipur finally decided to throw in his lot with indiaafter achieving the unification of these princely states with the dominion of india in record time the iron man of india breathed his last on 15 december 1950