1947 in India
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See also: 1946 in India, other events of 1947, 1948 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.
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Events
- July 27- M.N.Kaul handles the charge as Lok Sabha Secretary.
- August 15 - India gains its independence from the United Kingdom. A largely Hindu but secular India and a Muslim Pakistan are created by partition of the subcontinent, with Punjab and Bengal divided along religious-demographic boundaries between the two, and Kashmir remains in dispute. Jawaharlal Nehru becomes Prime Minister of India. Nehru unfurls the Indian tricolor on the ramparts of the magnificent Red Fort, symbolically marking the end of British colonial rule.
- October 27 - War breaks out between India and Pakistan in the disputed region of Kashmir.
- Air India goes international.
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