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  2. Partition of India - Wikipedia

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    The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India [b] into two independent dominion states, Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. [3] The Union of India is today the Republic of India and Dominion of Pakistan, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh .

  3. Sino-Indian border dispute - Wikipedia

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    India does not recognise that Pakistan and China have a common border, and claims the tract as part of the domains of the pre-1947 state of Kashmir and Jammu. However, India's claim line in that area does not extend as far north of the Karakoram Mountains as the Johnson Line. China and India still have disputes on these borders. [9]

  4. McMahon Line - Wikipedia

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    When India and Pakistan became independent in 1947 through the partition of India, all the territories that had been part of British India were transferred to the two new countries. The prevailing boundaries of British India were inherited. [48] Maps of the period showed the McMahon Line as the boundary of India in the northeast.

  5. List of national border changes (1914–present) - Wikipedia

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    1947, August — The Partition of India as India and Pakistan are given independence from Britain; 1948 — The State of Israel is created after the 1947 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 called for the partition of the British-ruled Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The resolution is accepted by the Jews in ...

  6. Radcliffe Line - Wikipedia

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    The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcated by the two boundary commissions for the provinces of Punjab and Bengal during the Partition of India.It is named after Cyril Radcliffe, who, as the joint chairman of the two boundary commissions, had the ultimate responsibility to equitably divide 175,000 square miles (450,000 km 2) of territory with 88 million people.

  7. Timeline of the Kashmir conflict - Wikipedia

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    3 June 1947 (): Mountbatten proposed the partition plan to divide British India into independent dominions of India and Pakistan. 13 June 1947 ( 1947-06-13 ) : At the Joint Defence Council meeting, Jinnah and Nehru disagreed on the accession of princely states , Jinnah asserting that it was for the rulers to decide and Nehru insisting that it ...

  8. India–Pakistan border - Wikipedia

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    The IndiaPakistan, Indo–Pakistani is the international boundary that separates the nations of the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.At its northern end is the Line of Control, which separates Indian-administered Kashmir from Pakistani-administered Kashmir; and at its southern end is Sir Creek, a tidal estuary in the Rann of Kutch between the Indian state of Gujarat ...

  9. History of Indian foreign relations - Wikipedia

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    The cultural and economic relations between China and India datex back to ancient times, with the Silk Road playing a significant role in facilitating trade and the spread of Buddhism. During the 19th century, The British used opium from India to build a large market in China. India and China both fought the Japanese during World War II.