Dominion of India

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British Dominion constitutional monarchy former country

The Dominion of India was the semi-independent constitutional monarchy that succeeded British colonial rule in 1947 and existed until India became a republic in 1950.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dominion of India canonical 82
Dominion of India (after 1948 integration of Hyderabad State) 1
Dominion of Pakistan 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Dominion ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
former country ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dominion of India ⓘ
surface form: Indian Dominion

Dominion of India ⓘ
surface form: Union of India
capital New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
commonwealthRealmStatus yes ⓘ
constitutionInForce Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
countryNameInEnglish Dominion of India self-link ⓘ
currency Indian rupee ⓘ
demographicsMajorReligion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ
emblem Lion Capital of Ashoka ⓘ
surface form: Lion Capital of Ashoka (from 1949)
endDate 1950-01-26 ⓘ
eventOnEndDate India became a republic ⓘ
firstGovernorGeneral Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ
surface form: Lord Mountbatten
firstPrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
flag Tiranga (Indian national flag) ⓘ
surface form: Flag of India adopted 1947
followedBy India ⓘ
surface form: Republic of India
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
governorGeneral C. Rajagopalachari ⓘ
Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ
surface form: Lord Mountbatten
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of India ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Emperor of India ⓘ
surface form: King of India
independenceDate 1947-08-15 ⓘ
independenceEvent Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
lastGovernorGeneral C. Rajagopalachari ⓘ
lastPrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
legalBasis Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
legislature Constituent Assembly of India ⓘ
lowerHouse Legislative Assembly ⓘ
monarch George VI ⓘ
nationalDay Independence Day ⓘ
nationalDayDate August 15 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
surface form: Hindustani
partOf Commonwealth countries ⓘ
surface form: British Commonwealth
precededBy British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
primeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
reasonForEnd adoption of the Constitution of India ⓘ
replacedBy India ⓘ
surface form: Republic of India
resultOf Partition of India ⓘ
surface form: Partition of British India
sharesHistoryWith Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
startDate 1947-08-15 ⓘ
status semi-independent state within the British Commonwealth ⓘ
territoryPreviouslyPartOf British India ⓘ
upperHouse Rajya Sabha ⓘ
surface form: Council of States

Referenced by (86)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British India → followedBy → Dominion of India ⓘ
Punjab → dividedBetween → Dominion of India ⓘ
Bombay Presidency → followedBy → Dominion of India ⓘ
Partition of India → resultedInCreationOf → Dominion of India ⓘ
Indian Independence Act 1947 → createdDominion → Dominion of India ⓘ
Indian Independence Act 1947 → appliesTo → Dominion of India ⓘ
Dominion of India → countryNameInEnglish → Dominion of India self-link ⓘ
Dominion of India → alsoKnownAs → Dominion of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union of India
Dominion of India → alsoKnownAs → Dominion of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Dominion
Indian princely states → integratedInto → Dominion of India ⓘ
Dominions of the British Empire → appliedTo → Dominion of India ⓘ
Hyderabad State → integratedInto → Dominion of India ⓘ
Nathuram → placeOfDeath → Dominion of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Nathuram Godse
Godse → placeOfDeath → Dominion of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Nathuram Godse
United State of Kathiawar → partOf → Dominion of India ⓘ
Governor-General of Pakistan → country → Dominion of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
Independence Day (India) → relatedTo → Dominion of India ⓘ
Madras Time → countryAfterReplacement → Dominion of India ⓘ
Meghnad Saha (collaborator and contemporary Indian physicist) → citizenship → Dominion of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Meghnad Saha
partition of Assam → appliesToJurisdiction → Dominion of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Partition of Assam
Radcliffe Line → createdNewBordersFor → Dominion of India ⓘ
Gaekwad of Baroda → mergedInto → Dominion of India ⓘ
Nizam → integratedInto → Dominion of India ⓘ
Asaf Jahi dynasty → successor → Dominion of India ⓘ
Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh → partOf → Dominion of India ⓘ
Instrument of Accession → appliesIn → Dominion of India ⓘ
Jam Sahib → countryDuringUse → Dominion of India ⓘ
Warangal division → partOf → Dominion of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dominion of India (after 1948 integration of Hyderabad State)
police action Operation Polo (September 1948) → combatant → Dominion of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Polo
assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (aftermath) → country → Dominion of India ⓘ
Nightingale of India → placeOfDeath → Dominion of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Sarojini Naidu
Central India Agency → followedBy → Dominion of India ⓘ
Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee → hasCitizenship → Dominion of India ⓘ
Gondal State → mergedInto → Dominion of India ⓘ
Gondal → mergedInto → Dominion of India ⓘ
Government of British India → replacedBy → Dominion of India ⓘ
Dhrol State → mergedInto → Dominion of India ⓘ
Virpur State → mergedInto → Dominion of India ⓘ
Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras → countryOfCitizenship → Dominion of India ⓘ
H. C. Mukherjee → citizenship → Dominion of India ⓘ
Nawanagar State → integratedInto → Dominion of India ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 → conflictBetween → Dominion of India ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 → belligerent → Dominion of India ⓘ
Abul Kalam → citizenship → Dominion of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Bombay State → partOf → Dominion of India ⓘ
Porbandar State → accessionTo → Dominion of India ⓘ
Union of India → isSuccessorOf → Dominion of India ⓘ
Partition of Bengal 1947 → appliesToJurisdiction → Dominion of India ⓘ
Union of Rajasthan princely states → partOf → Dominion of India ⓘ
T. Prakasam → citizenshipDuringCareer → Dominion of India ⓘ