Original: Kashmir and Jammu -Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 89 End of the princely state In 1947 the Indian Independence Act was passed, this meant that British India would be divided into two independent states, the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India.
Simplified: Kashmir and Jammu -Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 89 End of the princely state In 1947 the Indian Independence Act was passed, this meant that British India would become two independent states - Pakistan and India.