Indian Independence Act 1947

E7063

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom constitutional law

The Indian Independence Act 1947 was a landmark Act of the British Parliament that ended colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent by creating the independent dominions of India and Pakistan.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Indian Independence Act 1947 canonical	22
Independence of India	3
Mountbatten Plan	2
An Act to make provision for the setting up in India of two independent Dominions, to substitute other provisions for certain provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935, which apply outside those Dominions, and to provide for other matters consequential on or connected with the setting up of those Dominions	1
Independence of Pakistan	1
Indian Independence 1947	1
Indian independence in 1947	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
appliesTo	Dominion of India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
associatedWith	Indian independence movement ⓘ Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1947-08-15 ⓘ
chapterNumber	30 & 31 Geo 6 c. 30 ⓘ
classifiedAs	landmark legislation ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdDominion	Dominion of India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
createdState	India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
dateEnacted	1947-07-18 ⓘ
endedColonialRuleOver	British India ⓘ
historicalPeriod	end of British Raj ⓘ
impact	reshaped political map of South Asia ⓘ
introducedBy	Clement Attlee ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister Clement Attlee
languageOfDocument	English ⓘ
legalEffect	ended applicability of the title Emperor of India ⓘ provided interim constitutional framework for India ⓘ provided interim constitutional framework for Pakistan ⓘ recognized India as an independent Dominion within the British Commonwealth ⓘ recognized Pakistan as an independent Dominion within the British Commonwealth ⓘ terminated legislative powers of the British Parliament over India and Pakistan ⓘ
legislature	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
longTitle	Indian Independence Act 1947 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: An Act to make provision for the setting up in India of two independent Dominions, to substitute other provisions for certain provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935, which apply outside those Dominions, and to provide for other matters consequential on or connected with the setting up of those Dominions
providedFor	appointment of Governors-General for India and Pakistan ⓘ continuance of existing laws until altered by the new Dominions ⓘ division of assets between India and Pakistan ⓘ establishment of Constituent Assemblies in India and Pakistan ⓘ lapse of paramountcy over princely states ⓘ partition of British India ⓘ termination of suzerainty of the British Crown over Indian States ⓘ transfer of legislative authority to the Constituent Assemblies ⓘ
reducedSovereigntyOf	British Crown ⓘ surface form: British Crown in India
relatedTo	Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ Partition of India ⓘ surface form: Mountbatten Plan Partition of India ⓘ
repealedBy	Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 ⓘ
royalAssent	1947-07-18 ⓘ
shortTitle	Indian Independence Act 1947 self-link ⓘ
status	repealed ⓘ
subjectMatter	constitutional transition ⓘ creation of new states ⓘ decolonization ⓘ
territorialExtent	British India ⓘ
year	1947 ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

British India → dissolutionCause → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Indian independence movement → endCause → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Emperor of India → abolishedFollowing → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Government of India Act 1935 → repealedBy → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Government of India Act 1935 → successor → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Attlee government → implementedPolicy → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Independence of Pakistan

Independence Day → follows → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

subject surface form: Independence Day (India)

Independence Day → follows → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

subject surface form: Independence Day (India)

this entity surface form: Mountbatten Plan

Partition of India → cause → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mountbatten Plan

Partition of India → legalBasis → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Indian Independence Act 1947 → shortTitle → Indian Independence Act 1947 self-link ⓘ

Indian Independence Act 1947 → longTitle → Indian Independence Act 1947 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: An Act to make provision for the setting up in India of two independent Dominions, to substitute other provisions for certain provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935, which apply outside those Dominions, and to provide for other matters consequential on or connected with the setting up of those Dominions

Dominion of India → independenceEvent → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Dominion of India → legalBasis → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Governor-General of Pakistan → constitutingInstrument → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Independence Day (India) → relatedTo → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Ceylon Independence Act 1947 → relatedTo → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Kashmir conflict → relatedToEvent → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Independence of India

Independence Day of Pakistan → basedOn → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Radcliffe Line → legalBasis → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

India–United Kingdom relations → hasHistoricalEvent → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian independence in 1947

Indian nationalism → hasKeyEvent → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Independence 1947

Instrument of Accession → createdUnder → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Chief Minister of West Bengal (historically) → officeCreatedInContextOf → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief Minister of West Bengal

this entity surface form: Independence of India

title Empress of India → usedUntil → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

subject surface form: Empress of India

Partition of Bengal 1947 → hasCause → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

World War II aftermath in Asia → hasKeyEvent → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → authorizedBy → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

Radcliffe Award → relatedEvent → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Independence of India

Merger Agreement → basedOn → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ

British colonial authorities in India → significantEvent → Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ