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 .