1947 CE · political transition statecraft
Independence and Partition of British India
The Indian Independence Act received royal assent on 18 July 1947 and provided for two independent Dominions, India and Pakistan, from the appointed day of 15 August. The division of British India and the Punjab and Bengal boundary awards accompanied enormous population movements and widespread communal violence. Pakistan marks its independence on 14 August and India on 15 August.
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