Indian independence · TURNING POINT ·
Treaty of Rawalpindi (1919)
On the Indian independence map as “Rawalpindi — Afghanistan goes free”
8 Aug 1919 — After a month’s border war, Britain signs away control of Afghanistan’s foreign policy. Watch the parchment north-west corner of this map become sovereign — the first piece of the imperial glacis to break off.
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- Turning point
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- Amritsar massacre (chapter 6 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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