1947 in India

Events

August 15 - India gains its independence from Britain. A largely Hindu but secular India and a Muslim Pakistan are created by partition of the subcontinent, with Punjab and Bengal divided along religious-demographic boundaries between the two, and Kashmir remains in dispute. Jawaharlal Nehru becomes Prime Minister of India.
October 27 - War breaks out between India and Pakistan in the disputed region of Kashmir.
Air India goes international.

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