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India and Pakistan. (Initially, Pakistan was split geographically into the larger West Pakistan and the smaller East Pakistan. Today, West Pakistan is now called just Pakistan, and East Pakistan became an independent country in its own right, Bangladesh.)
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Are the British still in control of India?
No, India gained independence on August 15 1947, the day after Pakistan was partitioned from "British India" to become an independent state. India is one of 54 sovereign states in the Commonwealth of Nations, formally known as the British Commonwealth.
In what year did the partitioning of the Indian subcontinent into the modern states of India and Pakistan occur?
The British-ruled areas of the Indian subcontinent were partitioned into India and Pakistan in the year 1947 under the Indian Independence Act.
A new country that was born by a partition from India?
it was PAKISTAN THAT WAS PARTITIONED from India in 1947.
This nation was partitioned just prior to gaining its independence in 1947?
India.
What country was partitioned off of India and became its own country in 1947?
pakistan.....
New countries was formed after India was partitioned in 1947?
Pakistan and Bangladesh were formed.
What was the Indian subcontinent partitioned into?
The Partition of India was the partition of the British Indian Empire that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 15 August 1947. The Dominion of Pakistan later split into the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
What nation once controlled by Great Britain was partitioned into two nations based upon religion?
It was India, which when granted independence from the British Empire in 1947 was partitioned into India (mostly Hindu) and Pakistan (mostly Muslim). The isolated part of Pakistan in the east of India (East Pakistan) later became the free nation of Bangladesh.
When did India and Pakistan leave the British Empire and become independent states?
In 1947 -S
Was India part of the Brittish empire?
India was previously ruled by the British. British rule took place from 1858 to 1947. In 1947, India was given its independence.
How was India and Pakistan separated?
The Partition of India occured in 1947 when British India was patitioned into what came to be the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Peoples Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of India. The Indian Independence Act 1947 resulted in the dissolution of the Britisl Indian Empire and the end of the British Raj.
In 1947 the Indian subcontinent was partitioned into India and Pakistan because?
The British decided to partition the Indian subcontinent because of the conflict that Hindus and Muslims had with each other.
