Complex sentence: The United Provinces, was a province of British India and later of Independent India, which came into existence on 1 April 1937 in result of the shortening of "United Provinces of British India".
Split into simpler sentences: The United Provinces was a province of British India and, subsequently, Independent India. It came into existence on 1 April 1937 as a result of the shortening of "United Provinces of British India".