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From Times Online
August 13, 2007

New nations born

On August 15, 1947, power was ceded from the British Empire to two new nation states, a peaceful revolution unprecedented in history

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'The End of an era' - Looking back on a distinguished history, and forward to a possible end to the caste system. Click here to read the full article

'Emergence of two new dominions' - The official birth of two new nations as an independent India and Pakistan come into being . Click here to read the full article

'Power handed over' - Lord Mountbatten in Karachi as Britain and Pakistan 'Part as friends'. Click here to read the full article

Thanks for this old piece of article,... its 'enlightening' to see how the media projected the 'service' that britishes did in India.

Preetish, KS, USA

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