| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make provision for the setting up in India of two independent dominion states, to substitute other provisions for certain provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935, which apply outside those dominions, and to provide for other matters consequential on or connected with the setting up of those Dominions. |
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| Citation | 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 30 |
| Territorial extent | |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 18 July 1947 |
| Commencement | 15 August 1947 |
| Repealed | 26 January 1950 (India) 23 March 1956 (Pakistan) |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Constitution of India (India) Constitution of Pakistan of 1956 (Pakistan) |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Indian Independence Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 30) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned British India into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan. The Act received Royal Assent on 18 July 1947 and thus modern-day India and Pakistan, comprising west (modern day Pakistan) and east (modern day Bangladesh) regions, came into being on 15 August.[1][a]
The legislature representatives of the Indian National Congress,[2] the Muslim League,[3] and the Sikh community[4] came to an agreement with Lord Mountbatten, then Viceroy and Governor-General of India, on what has come to be known as the 3 June Plan or Mountbatten Plan.
- ^ Hoshiar Singh, Pankaj Singh; Singh Hoshiar (2011). Indian Administration. Pearson Education India. p. 10. ISBN 978-81-317-6119-9. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ represented by Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel, and Acharya Kripalani
- ^ represented by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Liaqat Ali Khan, and Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar.
- ^ represented by Sardar Baldev Singh
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