The story of India's unification
Till 1950, present India was never unified under a single administrating body. The first attempt at the unification of the Indian Subcontinent was administered by the Legendary Chandravanshi (Lunar Clan) King Bharat leading to the Sankritization of the Indian Subcontinent. In the later decade, the 3rd Maurya Emperor Asoka, stretched its territory from the natural boundaries of the Himalayas to the east into Bengal, to the west to the present day Balochistan, Pakistan and the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan, to the far south in Andhra, making no attempts in annexing the lowerest most regions of Southern India.
Later rulers from Kanishka of Kushan, Samudra Gupta of Gupta and Harsha of Vardhan did their attempts to unify India but only up to the Northern region respectively.
The Mughal Empire were among the few ruling dynasties of Northern India whose empire had achieved maximum geographic regions of the Indian Subcontinent comprising 93 % of present India. The Empire was the first and the last Indian ruling Empire to unify India to such a great extent.
During the late 18th century, the Peshwa of Martha unified half of India after the downfall of the Mughal Empire under the leadership of Peshwa Baji Rao I.
Later on, during the British Raj, present India got its first look comprising Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar in its territory.
Concluding the end of the British Raj in 1947 and later on becoming the Union of India, which leads to the rise of numerous princely states from Hyderabad to Kashmir, because of the determined planning and policies taken by then Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India got its present geographic extended look in 1950 after numerous princely states merged into the Union of India. On 26 January 1950, after India became the Republic of India, it came into being as present India then comprising 27 states and 1 union territory and now in a total of 28 states and 8 union territories to date.
The Mughal Empire were among the few ruling dynasties of Northern India whose empire had achieved maximum geographic regions of the Indian Subcontinent comprising 93 % of present India. The Empire was the first and the last Indian ruling Empire to unify India to such a great extent.
Present political map of India (2019 - till date)
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