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Indian Independence Act 1947
The Indian Independence Act 1947 was an act of the British Parliament that partitioned British India into the two independent dominions of India and Pakistan from 15 August 1947. It ended British rule and the British monarch's title of Emperor of India and freed the princely states from British paramountcy. It was passed in July 1947 under Clement Attlee's Labour government.
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