The Partition of India was the partition of the British Indian Empire that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 15 August 1947. The Dominion of Pakistan later split into the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
The British Raj ruled over the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947. The power from the government and war eventually won India's it's independence and has since been an independent subcontinent.
no china is not a subcontinent. I had this question in a quiz of mine..and they asked me the same thing.."Is China a subcontinent?" and I said yes, and I got it wrong..So I'm not really sure what it is...Lol :)
lord Carson partitioned Bengal because they said that in Bengal there was poor administration but the real motive behind the partition was to divide Hindu and muslims and Bengal was the nerve center of India
It was partitioned among his three sons following Germanic inheritance rules.
When the Indian subcontinent became independent of Great Britain the subcontinent was partitioned because of religious differences between Hindus and Muslims.
The British-ruled areas of the Indian subcontinent were partitioned into India and Pakistan in the year 1947 under the Indian Independence Act.
The British decided to partition the Indian subcontinent because of the conflict that Hindus and Muslims had with each other.
India won its independence in 15th August 1947 , but sadly lost its unity.The Indian subcontinent was divided/partitioned into two different countries- India and Pakistan.West Pakistan consisted Sindh and East Pakistan (which later becomes Bangladesh) which consisted of east Bengal, the rest was India. Consider a map of south Asia to understand the scenario better.
Indian subcontinent's population is 1,700,000,000.
They originated from the southern Indian subcontinent.
The Indian subcontinent
No. Hinduism dominates the Indian subcontinent.
The seasons on the Indian subcontinent are marked by monsoons.
Nepal is considered to be part of the Indian subcontinent.
Pakistsan borders the Indian subcontinent to the west. : )
in the indian subcontinent there are no countries but states. india has 28 states.