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  2. History of India (1947–present) - Wikipedia

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    The history of independent India or history of Republic of India began when the country became an independent sovereign state within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Direct administration by the British, which began in 1858, affected a political and economic unification of the subcontinent. When British rule came to an end in 1947 ...

  3. History of the Philippines (1946–1965) - Wikipedia

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    On the 4th of July, 1946, an independent Philippines was born. It became the successor to the U.S. under the treaties of 1930. On July 15, 1946, the United Kingdom annexed the State of North Borneo and, in the view of the United Kingdom, became the sovereign power with respect to what had been the State of North Borneo. [14]

  4. History of Indian foreign relations - Wikipedia

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    India and China both fought the Japanese during World War II. After India gained independence in 1947, it established relations with the anti-Communist Republic of China. However, in 1950, India recognized the new Communist People's Republic of China as the legitimate government of China.

  5. Partition of Bengal (1947) - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Partition of Bengal in 1947, also known as the Second Partition of Bengal, part of the Partition of India, divided the British Indian Bengal Province along the Radcliffe Line between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The Bengali Hindu -majority West Bengal became a state of India, and the Bengali Muslim -majority ...

  6. Indian Civil Service - Wikipedia

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    Indian Civil Service. The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million people [1] in the presidencies and provinces of British India and were ultimately ...

  7. Sargent Scheme - Wikipedia

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    The Sargent Scheme, formally known as the Report of the Sargent Commission on Post-War Education Development in India, was a 1944 memorandum [ 1] prepared at the behest of the British-run Government of India that outlined the future development of literacy and education in India. [ 2]

  8. Madras Presidency - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937, was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India and later the Dominion of India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including all of present-day Andhra Pradesh, almost all of Tamil ...

  9. Political integration of India - Wikipedia

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    Political integration of India. Before India gained independence in 1947, India (also called the Indian Empire) was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule (British India), and the other consisting of princely states under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal affairs remaining in the ...