Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Website of British parliament identifies India with Netaji

The website of British parliament has a section titled "Parliament and India, 1858-1947" that displays an Indian Map that has superimposed three images of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on it along with his salutation Jai Hind (in Hindi). The image is attached.

British Parliament passed Indian Independence Act, 1947 which received Royal Assent on 18th July 1947 that established India and Pakistan as independent dominions.

Prior to it on 3rd June 1947, Louis Mountbatten, first Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the last viceroy of India, announced the partitioning of British India into India and Pakistan.

The website reads:

In the first half of the 20th century, having been the "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire, India became the first part of that Empire to secure separate nationhood and independence.

www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_publications_and_archives/parliamentary_archives/indian_independence.cfm

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