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Partition of India
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Partition of India
The
Partition of India
was the
partition
of the
British Indian Empire
that led to the creation of the
sovereign states
of the
Dominion of Pakistan
(it later split into
Pakistan
and
Bangladesh
) and the
Union of India
(later
Republic of India
) on 15 August 1947. "Partition" here refers not only to the
division
of the
Bengal
province of
British India
into
East Pakistan
and
West Bengal
(India), and the similar partition of the
Punjab Province
into
West Punjab
(
West Pakistan
) and
East Punjab
(now
Punjab
), but also to the respective divisions of other assets, including the
British Indian Army
, the
Indian Civil Service
and other administrative services, the
railways
, and the central treasury.
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