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Introduction and Timeline of Events

India and Pakistan won independence from British Colonial rule in August 1947. The division of British India along religious lines into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan led to one of the largest mass migrations in history.

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Introduction

Portrait of an East India Company Official, by Dip Chand

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British Government

Viceroy of India: Lord and Lady Mountbatten meet Mr Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Future leader of Pakistan. 1956-1989. © IWM (IND 5302)

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Political Reform

GILBERT ELLIOT-MURRAY-KYNYNMOUND, 4TH EARL OF MINTO (1845-1914), GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA AND VICEROY OF INDIA

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Steps Toward Independence

Map of the Indian Provincial Election 1946 by largest party. By Ravic
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Partition

The Partition of India (1947) author: Partage_de_linde
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