The Indian Independence Act passes
1947 · Event
Six weeks after the Mountbatten Plan, Parliament winds up the Raj in a bill that takes under a month from introduction to royal assent — two dominions from 15 August, the princely states cut loose, the boundaries still secret. An empire of three centuries is dissolved at legislative sprint pace.
On these timelines: Partition of India, India, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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