Southern Asia, 15 Aug 1947: Partition of India
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 15 Aug 1947 (Independence: Partition of India), showing the following events: Reoccupation of Iranian Azerbaijan; Outbreak of First Indochina War; Mountbatten Plan; Operation Product; Partition of Bengal; Creation of Pakistan; Indian Independence; Accession of Junagadh.

I n d i a(Br. dom.)

S o v i e t U n i o n

Republic of
Indonesia

Pakistan(Br. dom.)

Ma
Family(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Nationalist
China

Anglo-
Egyptian
Sudan(Br. adm.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. prot.)

Italian
Somaliland(Br. adm.)

Eritrea(Br. adm.)

E.T.R.(Sov. sat.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

Dutch E.I.(Neth.)

Bhutan(Ind. prot.)

Kuw.(Br. prot.)

Trucial
Oman(Br. prot.)

Andaman

&

Nicobar Is.

Mysore(Ind. prot.)

Central India(Ind. agcy)

Rajputana(Ind. terr.)

Maldives(Br. prot.)

Trans-
Jordan(ass. Br.)

Liu W.(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Ogaden(Br. adm.)

E.
Bengal(Pak.)

Palestine(Br. mand.)

Junagadh(c. Pak.)

Pondichéry(Fr.)

Dec 1946Iran occupies
separatist regions

Dec 1946Outbreak of Indochina War
between Viet Minh & French

Jun 1947British announce that
India will be partitioned

21 Jul–4 Aug 1947Dutch conduct police
action in Indonesia

15 Aug 1947Bengal partitioned
btn Pakistan & India

15 Aug 1947Pakistan becomes
independent state

15 Aug 1947India gains independence
from Britain

15 Aug 1947Junagadh declares
for Pakistan

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