WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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English-speaking and French-speaking citizens
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Buddhists and Hindus
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Communists and Capitalists
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Muslims and Hindus
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1947, the British viceroy announced that after 200 years of British rule, India would gain independence and be partitioned into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. What followed was one of the largest and bloodiest forced migrations in history: an estimated 1 million people lost their lives.
Detailed explanation-2: -The predominantly Hindu and Sikh areas were assigned to the new India and predominantly Muslim areas to the new nation of Pakistan; the plan included a partition of the Muslim-majority provinces of Punjab and Bengal.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The Indian Independence Act 1947 divided India and Pakistan into two independent nations. It was passed by the Parliament of United Kingdom. The Act provided for the division of British India into two sovereign States w.e.f 15 August 1947.
Detailed explanation-4: -India is divided into two halves by the Tropic of Cancer at 23°30′ N latitude. The Tropic of Cancer is an imaginary line present above the Equator at 23.5 degrees latitude. It is also known as the Northern Tropic.