page_title: India–United Kingdom relations
section_title: The end of British rule
hierarchical_section_title: India–United Kingdom relations / History / The end of British rule
caption_attribution_description: English: Gandhi with Lord and Lady Mountbatten
context_page_description: India–United Kingdom relations, also known as Indian–British relations or Indo–British relations, refers to international relations between the Republic of India and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. India has a high commission in London and two consulates-general in Birmingham and Edinburgh. The United Kingdom has a high commission in New Delhi and five deputy high commissions in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
  The United Kingdom has an Indian population of over 1.4 million. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron described Indian–British relations as the "New Special Relationship" in 2010.
context_section_description: The Indian independence movement gained traction following the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Opposition to British rule increased, both through active revolutions (as exemplified by Bhagat Singh and Subhash Chandra Bose) and through passive resistance (as exemplified by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) eventually led to Indian independence in 1947. The end of the British Raj resulted in the Partition of India and the creation of the new entities of the Dominion of Pakistan (which included the province of East Bengal that would later achieve independence as Bangladesh) and the Dominion of India.
caption: Mahatma Gandhi in 1947, with Lord Louis Mountbatten, Britain's last Viceroy of India
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