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Independence of India

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1930–1947Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1930

Simon Simon, 1st24 June 1930

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Talks with Indian rulers on the future of central Government. Recommends responsible Government in the provinces. Produces the Simon Report

1945

Clement Richard Attlee Attlee, 1st19 September 1945

Government / Labour Party Government

Promises India independence

1947

Clement Richard Attlee Attlee, 1st20 February 1947

Government / Labour Party Government

Agrees to grant Indian independence no later than 1948

Names involved

Clement Richard Attlee Attlee, 1stSimon Simon, 1st

Provenance

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