Indian Independence and Partition(1947)

India gains independence as the subcontinent is partitioned.

Indian Independence and Partition

What you need to know

Independence on 15 August 1947
Partition into India and Pakistan
Accompanied by mass migration and violence

Participants

First Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru
57 yrs at this event
First Prime Minister
57 yrs at event
Jawaharlal Nehru
First Prime Minister of independent India.
Leader of the freedom struggle
Mahatma Gandhi
77 yrs at this event
Leader of the freedom struggle
77 yrs at event
Mahatma Gandhi
Leader of the Indian independence movement and apostle of non-violence.
Deputy PM and Home Minister
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
71 yrs at this event
Deputy PM and Home Minister
71 yrs at event
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Statesman who integrated the princely states into the Indian union.

Theatres

National capital
Delhi
National capital
Delhi
Imperial capital of the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals and modern India.

Powers

Timelines

The Indian Independence Movement
The Indian Independence Movement
The struggle for freedom from the founding of Congress to 1947.

Facts at a glance

Start: 15 August 1947
Tags: independence, partition, 1947, nehru

Significance · GLOBAL

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