| 20 January 1949 |
India
|
Non Aligned movement
|
Asian Conference on Indonesia opens
|
| 17 August 1947 |
India,
Pakistan
|
World War II
|
Radcliffe boundary awards divide Punjab and Bengal
|
| 17 August 1947 |
India,
Pakistan
|
World War I
|
Radcliffe boundary awards reveal the new India–Pakistan borders
|
| 15 August 1947 |
India
|
World War I
|
India becomes an independent dominion as British rule ends
|
| 15 August 1947 |
India
|
Racism
|
India achieves independence after sustained anticolonial struggle
|
| 18 July 1947 |
India,
Pakistan,
United Kingdom
|
World War I
|
Indian Independence Act makes partition law
|
| 3 June 1947 |
India,
Pakistan,
United Kingdom
|
World War I
|
Mountbatten Plan announces partition and transfer of power
|
| 23 March 1947 |
India
|
Non Aligned movement
|
Asian Relations Conference opens in New Delhi
|
| 20 February 1947 |
India,
United Kingdom
|
World War I
|
Britain announces it will transfer power in India by June 1948
|
| 18 February 1946 |
India
|
World War I
|
Royal Indian Navy ratings strike against colonial conditions
|
| 18 February 1946 |
India
|
Racism
|
Indian naval ratings strike against colonial conditions
|
| 21 October 1943 |
India,
Singapore
|
World War I
|
Azad Hind government declares a provisional Indian republic
|
| 9 August 1942 |
India
|
Racism
|
Arrests attempt to break the Quit India movement
|
| 8 August 1942 |
India
|
World War I
|
Quit India resolution demands an end to British rule
|
| 8 August 1942 |
India
|
Racism
|
The Quit India resolution demands an end to British rule
|
