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The Battle of Plassey established the British East India Company's dominance over the Indian subcontinent. The Company defeated the Nawab of Bengal and installed a puppet ruler, enabling British business ventures in the region and allowing the Company to control trade from the national to the local level.
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British Parliament passes India Act
Because the Company controlled most of India by 1858, the India Act effectively transferred that control to the British crown. This period of British rule is often referred to as the Raj. In the two years prior to the India Act, the Indian people mounted a bloody rebellion but were ultimately defeated. Throughout the British colonization, tensions ran high between the European power and the conquered Asian nation. -
The Indian National Congress was often able to govern the subcontinent by consensus. However, in the years leading up to independence, the administrative body was split by factionalism.
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In a session of the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League proposed the idea of Pakistan -- a separate state for the Muslim population -- but found little support.
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To protest the British salt tax, Gandhi led nearly 100 followers more than 200 miles to the ocean to extract free salt from the sea. The protest drew both international press and the ire of British authorities.
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Disputes between India and Pakistan stem from the 1947 British partitioning of India into two independent nations. The region's predominantly Muslim provinces were divided into East and West Pakistan, while predominantly Hindu areas became modern India. The border between the two states was conceived and finalized by the British lawyer Cyril Radcliffe. Boundaries were drawn hastily, using outdated census reports and maps.
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Many Pakistanis say the Kashmir region, with its majority Muslim population, belongs in their Islamic state. Indians, meanwhile, argue India has a legal right to the Kashmir territory. India currently controls two-thirds of the state, Pakistan controls about one-fifth and China has controlled the eastern region since 1963. Since 1947, India and Pakistan have been locked in a tense and often hostile rivalry. The two countries have fought three wars, with two centering on the Kashmir conflict.
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Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu radical who believed Gandhi was too sympathetic toward the Muslim population.
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India attained freedom on 15th August 1947. Our National leaders set up the Constituent Assembly to draw a Constitution for India. Our constitution came into force on 26th January 1950, we celebrate this day as the Republic day.
