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After independence India was split into two countries based on what?

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The Partition of India was the division of British India into two independent dominion states.
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Answer:The Partition of India of 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, India and Pakistan by an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. India is today the Republic of India; Pakistan is today the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

Outcome: Partition of British Indian Empire into ...

Location: British Raj, India and Pakistan

Date: August 1947

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