Partition of India

The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Pakistan is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The partition involved the division of two provinces, Bengal and the Punjab, based on district-wise non-Muslim or Muslim majorities. It also involved the division of the British Indian Army, the Royal Indian Navy, the Indian Civil Service, the railways, and the central treasury, between the two new dominions. The partition was set forth 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 14–15 August 1947.

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Clockwise from top left: Muslim refugees in Delhi, Sept 1947; Victims of Direct Action Day; Mountbatten visits Punjabi riot scenes, May 1947; Nehru, Mountbatten, and Jinnah announce the plan for partition

Map of the partition of British India

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• Text, Representation and Revision: Re-visioning Partition Violence in Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan and Bhisham Sahni’s Tamas - scientific article, 2016, online
• Kitne Pakistan - 2000 novel by Kamleshwar, Hindi
• Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence - literary work by Jaswant Singh, English, 2009, online
• Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition - book by Nisid Hajari, 2015

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1756	Siege of Calcutta	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1942	Bombing of Calcutta	airstrike	Wikidata
event	war	1947	partition of India	civil war, partition	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1712	Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)	arms industry, government organization, Defence industry of India, defense industry	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1904	Ishapore Rifle Factory	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1966	Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli	arms industry, government organization, Defence industry of India, defense industry	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1969	Vehicle Factory Jabalpur	automotive industry, arms industry, government organization, defense industry, Defence industry of India	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1984	Ordnance Factory Medak	automotive industry, arms industry, government organization, Defence industry of India, defense industry	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding	1884	Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers	shipbuilding, business	Wikidata
site	fort	1696	Fort William	fort, East India Company	Wikidata
site	museum		Naval Aircraft Museum	naval museum, aviation museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Clockwise from top left: Muslim refugees in Delhi, Sept 1947; Victims of Direct Action Day; Mountbatten visits Punjabi riot scenes, May 1947; Nehru, Mountbatten, and Jinnah announce the plan for partition		Commons
commons	image		Map of the partition of British India		Commons
commons	image		India pakistan		Commons
commons	image		1947 Events Collage V 2.0		Commons