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On this date, Britain took India into the war, to which the (India's) Congress opposed.
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Before this date, Hindus were the major population and Muslims the largest religious minority.
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Muslim League's "Pakistan" said they were a separate nation, so they called for the creation of separate states through this formal political statement.
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The opposition to British India being included in Great Britain's military ranks led to a movement against British rule.
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Also known as Direct Action Day. The riot and persecution of Hindus left 4,000 dead and 100,000 homeless people.
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Lord Louis Mountbatten announced that independence would arrive in August of the same year.
Admiral of the Fleet, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), was a British Royal Navy officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. -
Pakistan was declared a separate nation.
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Division of the British India into Pakistan and India
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India became a sovereign and democratic nation.
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Pakistan and India became separate nations.
