what were the two major challenges that india faced immediately after independence?
The challenges that were faced by the newly independant India are :
- As a result of partition, 300 million refugees had come into India from what was now Pakistan. These people had to be found homes and jobs.
- Then there was the problem of princely states, almost 500 of them, each ruled by a raja or nawab, had to be persuaded to join the nation.
- In the long run, the country had to frame a constitution that would best serve the hopes and expectations of the people.