![]() ![]() ![]() Why is August 15 India's Independence Day?Ī school pupil stands in front of the Indian flag during a full dress rehearsal for celebrations, ahead of the 75th Independence Day in Bengaluru. Under the terms of the Indian Independence Act, the subcontinent was formally divided into two new dominions at midnight of Aug75 years ago on Sunday. The UK chose to partition the region and withdraw. Within the Indian subcontinent, the UK faced two powerful, seemingly irreconcilable nationalist movements: one calling for the creation of Pakistan, a homeland for the Muslims of South Asia the other for India, a pluralist democracy. ![]() The Second World War had ravaged its military and economy, and anti-colonial movements had begun to challenge empires. ![]()
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