WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When the British left India, the country was divided into two nations:India and ____
A
Nigeria
B
Rwanda
C
North Korea
D
Pakistan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: India and Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -India And Pakistan Partition-[August 14, 1947] This Day in History. What happened? On 14th August 1947, India was partitioned off into India (comprising the Hindu-majority areas) and Pakistan (comprising the Muslim-majority areas).

Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Louis Mountbatten assumed the role of the last viceroy on 24 March 1947. He announced the Partition Plan on 3 June 1947, declaring that the British had decided to transfer power to the Indian and Pakistani governments by mid-August 1947.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1947 India was divided into two separate countries which were the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India. This split occurred as a result of religious and ideological differences which caused cultural divides among citizens and was facilitated by British colonialists.

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