Indian Independence Act
July 18, 1947 · Westminster, London
UK Parliament act that received royal assent on 18 July 1947, partitioning British India into the independent dominions of India and Pakistan, which came into being on 15 August 1947. It ended the British Raj and implemented the Mountbatten Plan agreed with Indian political leaders.
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