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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.
From the left to right and top to bottom: An overcrowded train transferring refugees from Delhi to Pakistan during the Partition of India; A map showing the aid which will be allocated to European countries in 1948 under the Marshall Plan; President Harry S. Truman addressing a joint session of Congress, in a speech which would become known as the Truman Doctrine, officially beginning the Cold ...
1947 1949 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948. Part of the Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts India Pakistan: 1947 1948 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine Part of the 1948 Palestine war: Jews of Palestine. Haganah; Irgun; Lehi; Arabs of Palestine. Army of the Holy War; Arab Liberation Army; 1948 [2] or 1947 [3] 1949 Safi Rebellion [2] [3 ...
The history of independent India or history of Republic of India began when the country became an independent sovereign state within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Direct administration by the British, which began in 1858 , affected a political and economic unification of the subcontinent .
Then at 12:02 A.M., on 15 August 1947 India became a sovereign and democratic nation. Eventually, 15 August became Independence Day for India marking the end of British India. Also on 15 August, both Pakistan and India had the right to remain in or remove themselves from the British Commonwealth.
American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch describes the post–World War II tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States as a "Cold War". April 26 – Academy award-winning Tom and Jerry cartoon, The Cat Concerto , is released to theatres.
India and the United States: from Estrangement to Engagement (2007) Isaacs, Harold R. Scratches on Our Minds: American Views of China and India (1980) online; Jain, Rashmi K. The United States and India: 1947–2006 A Documentary Study (2007) Kux, Dennis. India and The United States: Estranged Democracies 1941–1991 (1993)
Part of a series on the History of India Timeline Prehistoric Madrasian culture Soanian, c. 500,000 BCE Neolithic, c. 7600 – c. 1000 BCE Bhirrana 7570 – 6200 BCE Jhusi 7106 BCE Lahuradewa 7000 BCE Mehrgarh 7000 – 2600 BCE South Indian Neolithic 3000 – 1000 BCE Ancient Indus Valley Civilization, c. 3300 – c. 1700 BCE Post Indus Valley Period (Cemetery H Culture), c. 1700 – c. 1500 ...