Indian Independence Act 1947

Indian Independence Act 1947

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision for the setting up in India of two independent dominion states, to substitute other provisions for certain provisions of the Government of India Act, 1935, which apply outside those dominions, and to provide for other matters consequential on or connected with the setting up of those Dominions.
Citation	10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 30
Territorial extent	United Kingdom British India
Dates
Royal assent	18 July 1947
Commencement	15 August 1947
Repealed	26 January 1950 (India) 23 March 1956 (Pakistan)
Other legislation
Repealed by	Constitution of India (India) Constitution of Pakistan of 1956 (Pakistan)
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Indian Independence Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 30) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned British India into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan. The Act received Royal Assent on 18 July 1947 and thus modern-day India and Pakistan, comprising west (modern day Pakistan) and east (modern day Bangladesh) regions, came into being on 15 August.^[1][a]

The legislature representatives of the Indian National Congress,^[2] the Muslim League,^[3] and the Sikh community^[4] came to an agreement with Lord Mountbatten, then Viceroy and Governor-General of India, on what has come to be known as the 3 June Plan or Mountbatten Plan. This plan was the last plan for independence..

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