MAPS OF HISTORY · Indian Independence & Partition · ALL CHAPTERS · AUG 1947
Indian Independence & Partition, 1905–1948 · THE MAP IN AUG 1947
AUG 1947 — Partition — two dominions
WHAT CHANGES ON THE MAP
| India (the British Raj, to 1947) | British India — direct rule → Self-rule / independent |
| West Pakistan (the Raj’s west, to 1947) | British India — direct rule → Pakistan (from Aug 1947) |
| East Bengal / East Pakistan (mod. Bangladesh) | British India — direct rule → Pakistan (from Aug 1947) |
ON THE GROUND
- Junagadh, 1947 — a Muslim nawab accedes a Hindu-majority state to Pakistan; India blockades
- Hyderabad, 1947–48 — the Nizam stands apart until Indian troops end it in five days
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