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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. Partition of India - Wikipedia

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    British Indian Empire in The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909. British India is shaded pink, the princely states yellow.. 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 the Indian subcontinent and the creation of two independent dominions in South Asia: India and Pakistan.

  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. History of Algeria (1962–1999) - Wikipedia

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    Their determination to control the rendering of events influenced the questions which historians could ask, as well as the material available to them. As a result, it contributed to the lack of historiography on post-1962 Algeria. [7] Another reason for the insufficient literature on Algeria following independence is the destruction of documents.

  6. Princely state - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign [1] entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, [2] subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.

  7. Political integration of India - Wikipedia

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    Political subdivisions of the Indian Empire in 1909 with British India (pink) and the princely states (yellow) 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 ...

  8. 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]

  9. Indian Independence Act 1947 - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Independence Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 30) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned British India into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan. The Act received Royal Assent on 18 July 1947 and thus modern-day India and Pakistan, comprising west (modern day Pakistan) and east (modern day ...