Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: The pamphlet asked that `` the five Northern units of India '' - Punjab , North-West Frontier Province ( Afghan Province ) , Kashmir , Sindh and Baluchistan ( or Pakstan ) become a state independent of the proposed Indian Federation .
Simplified: The pamphlet asked that the `` the five Northern units of India '' - Punjab , North-West Frontier Province ( Afghan Province ) , Kashmir , Sindh and Baluchistan ( or Pakstan ) become an independent state and not part of India .