Who among the following British officials served as the Governor-General of India when the historic 'Police Action' (Operation Polo) integrated the princely state of Hyderabad into the Indian Union in 1948?

💡 Solution & Explanation

C. Rajagopalachari served as the Governor-General of India from June 1948 to January 1950, being the first and last Indian to hold the post, during which Operation Polo was executed under Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to integrate Hyderabad. Lord Mountbatten had stepped down as Governor-General in June 1948 after overseeing the partition and independence of India. Rajagopalachari played a pivotal role in post-independence statecraft and constitutional continuity.