Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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31 historical maps of Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964, one for each turning point: who controlled what, and what changed since the map before.
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India
January 1857
THE COMPANY’S INDIA
July 1857
THE RISING AT ITS HEIGHT
November 1858
THE CROWN TAKES OVER
April 1877
THE GREAT FAMINE
December 1885
CONGRESS MEETS; BURMA FALLS
March 1897
FAMINE AND PLAGUE
April 1900
THE FAMINE OF 1899–1900
1905
THE RAJ AT HIGH NOON
October 1905
BENGAL PARTITIONED
December 1911
THE PARTITION ANNULLED
April 1919
MARTIAL LAW IN THE PUNJAB
August 1919
AFGHANISTAN BREAKS FREE
April 1930
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
July 1937
THE ELECTED MAP
November 1939
THE MINISTRIES RESIGN
August 1942
QUIT INDIA
1943
FAMINE IN BENGAL
August 1946
DIRECT ACTION
March 1947
THE PUNJAB BURNS
August 1947
PARTITION — TWO DOMINIONS
October 1947
WAR COMES TO KASHMIR
February 1948
BURMA & CEYLON GO FREE
January 1949
THE CEASEFIRE LINE
January 1950
THE REPUBLIC
October 1953
ANDHRA, THE FIRST LINGUISTIC STATE
November 1954
FRENCH INDIA RETURNS
November 1956
THE STATES REDRAWN BY LANGUAGE
May 1960
BOMBAY DIVIDED
December 1961
GOA JOINS INDIA
November 1962
WAR WITH CHINA
May 1964
NEHRU’S INDIA
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