Southern Asia, 15 May 1948: End of Mandatory Palestine
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Political map of South & Southwest Asia on 15 May 1948 (Independence: End of Mandatory Palestine), showing the following events: Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi; Independence of Ceylon; Baluchistan Assembly; Israeli Declaration of Independence; End of Mandatory Palestine; Outbreak of Arab-Israeli War.

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.)

Ceylon(Br. pres.)

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.

Kashmir(Ind. prot.)

Mysore(Ind. prot.)

Central
India(Ind. agcy)

Rajputana(Ind. terr.)

Maldives(Br. prot.)

Liu W.(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Ogaden(Br. adm.)

E.
Bengal(Pak.)

Pondichéry(Fr.)

30 Jan 1948Gandhi assassinated
by Hindu extremist

Feb 1948British grant Ceylon
independence

Mar 1948Baluch states
accede to Pakistan

14 May 1948Jews declare
State of Israel

15 May 1948British Mandate
over Palestine ends

15 May 1948Arab League declares
war on Israel

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