The 1947 partition that created Pakistan also created then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), cutting off a large part of Calcutta's hinterland
Calcutta was and still is, a city with large coastal areas. After the partition and the Great Killings that occurred in Calcutta in 1946, it was divided and a good portion of its hinterland went to Pakistan.
Cyrill Radcliffe (1899-19770 was a British lawyer and Law Lord. He was most famous for partitioning of India and Pakistan.
Cyrill Radcliffe (1899-19770 was a British lawyer and Law Lord. He was most famous for partitioning of India and Pakistan.
Cyrill Radcliffe (1899-19770 was a British lawyer and Law Lord. He was most famous for partitioning of India and Pakistan.
The British-ruled areas of the Indian subcontinent were partitioned into India and Pakistan in the year 1947 under the Indian Independence Act.
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Jawaharlal Nehru was the first prime minister of Independent India. The first prime minister of India was Mohandas Gandhi.
India and Pakistan
India and Pakistan were created when British left India. Pakistan further divided into two (Pakistan and Bangladesh) in 1971.
The two nations, formed at the time of partition of India in 1947 by the British, were the present India and Pakistan. Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan till 1971 Burma, although not regarded as a part of India, was nonetheless part of the wider India under British Empire.
When India and Pakistan were one country, it was called British India. It was under British rule until 1947 when it was divided into two separate countries - India and Pakistan.
They both claim certain territories in Kashmir that are currently held by the other country. It has partially to do with unsettled disputes from the time of the partitioning at the end of British rule, and partially due to ancient tribal and regional disputes that go back centuries before the arrival of the British in India.