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    Indian Independence Act 1947
    Indian Independence Act 1947
    Indian Independence Act 1947
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    Indian Independence Act 1947

    By Parliament of the United Kingdom

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    This book is the text of the Act passed in 1947 that led to the division of India. It states in detail what is to happen to various parts of the country, and what their new names will be. It created the division of India into two independent provinces; India and Pakistan. Pakistan was divided into East and West Pakistan. Nehru became the Prime Minister of India and Ali Khan became Prime Minister of Pakistan. August 15th is still celebrated in India as 'India and Pakistan Independence Day'.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateJul 20, 2022
    ISBN8596547086369
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      Indian Independence Act 1947 - Parliament of the United Kingdom

      Parliament of the United Kingdom

      Indian Independence Act 1947

      EAN 8596547086369

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

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      CHAPTER 30.

      SCHEDULES.

      ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

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      CHAPTER 30.

      Table of Contents

      An Act to make provision for the setting up in India of two independent Dominions, to substitute other provisions for certain provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935, which apply outside those Dominions, and to provide for other matters consequential on or connected with the setting up of those Dominions.

      [18th July 1947.]

      BE it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

      The new Dominions.

      1.—(1) As from the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, two independent Dominions shall be set up in India, to be known respectively as India and Pakistan.

      (2) The said Dominions are hereafter in this Act referred to as the new Dominions, and the said fifteenth day of August is hereafter in this Act referred to as the appointed day.

      Territories of the new Dominions.

      2.—(1) Subject to the provisions

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