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.)

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