 The Indian Princely States , of which there were several hundred , were advised by the departing British to choose whether to join Pakistan or India . Most did so prior to independence , but the holdouts contributed to what have become lasting divisions between the two nations . Indian leaders were angered at Jinnah 's courting the princes of Jodhpur , Bhopal and Indore to accede to Pakistan — these princely states did not border Pakistan , and each had a Hindu @-@ majority population . The coastal princely state of Junagadh , which had a majority @-@ Hindu population , did accede to Pakistan in September 1947 , with its ruler 's dewan , Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto , personally delivering the accession papers to Jinnah . The Indian army occupied the principality in November , forcing its former leaders , including Bhutto , to flee to Pakistan , beginning the politically powerful Bhutto family . 
