<P> While the majority of princely states absorbed into India have been fully integrated, a few outstanding issues remain . The most prominent of these is in relation to Kashmir, where a violent secessionist insurgency has been raging since the late 1980s . </P> <P> Some academics suggest that the insurgency in Kashmir is at least partly a result of the manner in which it was integrated into India . Kashmir, uniquely amongst princely states, was not required to sign either a Merger Agreement or a revised Instrument of Accession giving India control over a larger number of issues than the three originally provided for . Instead, the power to make laws relating to Kashmir was granted to the Government of India by Article 5 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir and was, under Article 370 of the Constitution of India, somewhat more restricted than in relation to other states . Widmalm argues that during the 1980s, a number of Kashmiri youth began to feel that the Indian government was increasingly interfering in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir . The elections of 1987 caused them to lose faith in the political process and begin the violent insurgency which is still ongoing . Similarly, Ganguly suggests that the policies of the Indian government towards Kashmir meant that the state, unlike other parts of India, never developed the solid political institutions associated with a modern multi-ethnic democracy . As a result, the growing dissatisfaction with the status quo felt by an increasingly politically aware youth was expressed through non-political channels which Pakistan, seeking to weaken India's hold over Kashmir, transformed into an active insurgency . </P> <P> Separatist movements also exist in two other former princely states located in Northeast India--Tripura and Manipur . These separatist movements are generally treated by scholars as being part of the broader problem of insurgencies in North - east India, rather being a result of specific problems in integrating the princely states into India, as the Kashmir problem is and, in particular, to reflect the failure of the Government of India to adequately address the aspirations of tribal groups in the Northeast, or to tackle the tensions arising from the immigration of people from other parts of India to the north - eastern areas . </P> <P> The integration of former princely states with other provinces to form new states has also given rise to some issues . The Telangana region, comprising the Telugu - speaking districts of the former Hyderabad State, were in many ways different from the Telugu - speaking areas of British India with which they were merged . In recognition of these differences, the States Reorganisation Commission originally recommended that Telangana be created as a separate state, rather than as part of a broader Telugu - speaking entity . This recommendation was rejected by the Government of India, and Telangana was merged into Andhra Pradesh . The result was the emergence in the 1960s of a movement demanding a separate Telangana state . The demand has been accepted by the Union Government, leading to formation of Telangana as the 29th state of India in June 2014 . A similar movement, although less strong, exists in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, which consists of the former Nagpur state and the Berar region of the former Hyderabad state . </P>

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