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Events on Friday 15 August 1947 1
1947Independence and PartitionFreedom from Britain; India and Pakistan dividedAt midnight on 15 August 1947 India became independent after nearly a century of Crown rule and a long freedom struggle. Independence came with Partition — the division of British India into India and Pakistan — which triggered one of the largest and bloodiest mass migrations in history, displacing millions.