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When did India and Pakistan gain independence

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India got independence on 15th August 1947 and Pakistan on 14th August 1947.

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On August 15, 1947, India achieved her long-sought independence from Britain when Britain partitioned the country into two independent dominions, India and Pakistan. This British Pathé newsreel shows some of the ceremonies.
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