Identify and explain three past or current consequences of the Partitioning of India in 1947.

Question

Geography

Adonis Burns

31 May, 05:15

Identify and explain three past or current consequences of the Partitioning of India in 1947.

+3

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Kayleigh Banks · Answer 1

The Partition of India of 1947 was the division of British India[b] into two independent dominion states, India and Pakistan by an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[3] India is today the Republic of India; Pakistan is today the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The partition involved the division of two provinces, Bengal and Punjab, based on district-wise non-Muslim or Muslim majorities.

Explanation:

The partition also saw the division of the British Indian Army, the Royal Indian Navy, the Indian Civil Service, the railways, and the central treasury. The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947 and resulted in the dissolution of the British Raj, or Crown rule in India. The two self-governing countries of India and Pakistan legally came into existence at midnight on 15 August 1947