WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Britain had ruled India for almost 200 years, but in August 1947 that all came to an end. What was British India was divided into two independent states which would rule themselves: India, and Pakistan. Pakistan was split across two areas, which were 1, 240 miles apart.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Dominion of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Pakistan-which at the time comprised two regions lying on either side of India-is now the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947.

Detailed explanation-3: -In August, 1947, when, after three hundred years in India, the British finally left, the subcontinent was partitioned into two independent nation states: Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-4: -When Britain granted India independence, 75 years ago, the territory it had ruled over was divided, or partitioned, into India and the new state of Pakistan (with East Pakistan later becoming Bangladesh).