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  2. History of India (1947–present) - Wikipedia

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    Foreign investment and outsourcing of jobs to India's labor markets further enhanced India's economic growth. A large middle class has arisen across India, which has increased the demand, and thus the production of a wide array of consumer goods. Unemployment is steadily declining, and poverty has fallen to approximately 22%.

  3. Timeline of Indian history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and list of years in India.

  4. Political integration of India - Wikipedia

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    After 1947, India signed new treaties with Nepal and Bhutan. [147] Historically, Sikkim was a British dependency, with a status similar to that of the other princely states, and was therefore considered to be within the frontiers of India in the colonial period. On independence, however, the Chogyal of Sikkim resisted full integration into ...

  5. Indian independence movement - Wikipedia

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    After the 1930s, the movement took on a strong socialist orientation. It 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. On 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India established the Republic of India.

  6. India After Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy is a non-fiction book by Indian historian Ramachandra Guha. First published by HarperCollins in August 2007. [1] [2] The book covers the history of the India after it gained independence from the British in 1947. [1] A revised and expanded edition was published in 2017. [3]

  7. Indian reunification - Wikipedia

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    India in 1947, before the partition, included the modern Republic of India, along with the land that became Islamic Republic of Pakistan and People's Republic of Bangladesh. [1] Indian reunification refers to the potential reunification of India (the Republic of India) with Pakistan and Bangladesh, which were partitioned from British India in 1947.

  8. Indian Independence Act 1947 - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Independence Act was subsequently repealed in Article 395 of the Constitution of India and in Article 221 of the Constitution of Pakistan of 1956, [17] both constitutions being intended to bring about greater independence for the new states. The Act has not been repealed in the United Kingdom, where it still has an effect, although ...

  9. 1947 in India - Wikipedia

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    Events in the year 1947 in India. It was a very eventful year as it became independent from the British crown, resulting in the split of India and Pakistan. Many people died during partition and India became a democracy.