UPPSC 2014 General Studies I Solved Paper

Question : 27 of 150

Marks: +1, -0

The Indian Independence Bill received the Royal Assent on

$18^{th}$ July, 1947
$19^{th}$ July, 1947
$20^{th}$ July, 1947
$21^{th}$ July, 1947

Solution:

(a) An Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned British India into two new Independent dominions of India and Pakistan received the royal assent on

18^{th}

July 1947. Pakistan,thus, came into being on

14^{th}

August 1947, and India on

15^{th}

August 1947.

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