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side of India—is now the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947...

traditions of India. India achieved independence from the British Raj on 15 August 1947 following the success of the Indian independence movement which...

institution in the Government of India which formulated India's Five-Year Plans, among other functions. In his first Independence Day speech in 2014, Prime Minister...

culminated in the Indian Independence Act 1947, which ended Crown suzerainty and partitioned British India into the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan...

Anniversary of Indian Independence was an event, in which the 75th anniversary of the independence of India was celebrated in India and abroad. It was the...

Nehru advocated a socialist model for the economy of India. After India achieved independence, a formal model of planning was adopted, and accordingly...

+ ₹1,000,000,000,000 during the financial year 2018–19. When India achieved independence in 1947, it was primarily an agrarian entity, with a weak industrial...

The Union of India is a federal union made up of 28 states and 8 union territories. India achieved independence from British rule on 15 August 1947 and...

8% in 2011. When India achieved independence in 1947, Hindus formed roughly 85% of the total population and pre-Partition British India had about 73% of...

enforce the decrees passed by the Supreme Court under article 142. India achieved independence from the British on 15 August 1947, initially as a dominion within...

the 16th century, and the British in the 19th century. After India achieved independence, it was unified with the state of Punjab. When the Punjab was...

of his poetry. He died from tuberculosis, three months before India achieved independence. He was a paternal uncle of Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, former Chief...

Independence Act, which created two new independent dominions, India and Pakistan. Burma soon achieved independence separately in early 1948. India Office...

national holiday in Pakistan. It commemorates the day when Pakistan achieved independence from the United Kingdom and was declared a sovereign state following...

the Government of India in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the head of the union territory. In 1947, India achieved independence from the United Kingdom...

be organized on a linguistic basis was developed even before India achieved independence from British rule. A first-of-its-kind linguistic movement started...

for a separate electorate, was called the Poona Pact. After India achieved independence, the policy of caste-based reservation of jobs was formalised...

asked the people of India to observe 26 January as Independence Day (see Legacy). The flag of India was hoisted publicly across India by Congress volunteers...

in Telangana. After India achieved independence in 1947, the princely states of Bastar and Kanker acceded to the Government of India, and were merged to...

World War II. After India achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, the Royal Indian Air Force served the Dominion of India, with the prefix...