WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Complete the sentence.In the first stage of independence of India (1935-1947), England signed ____, it gave freedom to the different nation states that conformed the British India.
A
British repression.
B
British reforms.
C
Law of India.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Independence Act 1947 [1947 CHAPTER 30 10 and 11 Geo 6] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned British India into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The act was implemented on 15 August 1947. The act provided two dominion status: India and Pakistan. Hence statement 1 is correct. The act also established a Boundary Commission to determine the boundaries between two dominions which was headed by Sir Cyril Radcliff.

Detailed explanation-3: -It granted the princely states the freedom to join either of the dominions or to remain independent. Governance of each dominion was to be conducted based on the provisions of the GoI act, 1935.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Features of this act were as follows; 1-it provided for the establishment of all Indian federations consisting of provinces and princely states as units. the act divided the powers between centre and units in terms of three lists-Federal list, the Provincial list and the concurrent list.

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