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INDIA INDEPENDENCE ACT, 1947

#Historicalbackground

◇ It ended the British rule in India and declared India as an independent and sovereign state from August 15, 1947.

◇ It provided for the partition of India and creation of two independent dominions of India and Pakistan with the right to secede from the British Commonwealth.

◇ It abolished the office of Viceroy and provided, for each dominion, a governor general, who was to be appointed by the British King on the advice of the dominion cabinet.

◇ His Majesty’s Government in Britain was to have no responsibility with respect to the Government of India or Pakistan.

◇ It empowered the Constituent Assemblies of both the dominions to legislate for their respective territories till the new constitutions were drafted and enforced.

◇ It proclaimed the lapse of British paramountcy over the Indian princely states and treaty relations with tribal areas from August 15, 1947.

◇ It granted freedom to the Indian princely states either to join the Dominion of India or Dominion of Pakistan or to remain independent.


◇ The Governor General would have full power to assent to any bill in the name of His Majesty.

◇ It designated the Governor-General of India and the provincial governors as constitutional (nominal) heads of the states. They were made to act on the advice of the respective council of ministers in all matters.

◇ The members of the civil services appointed before August 15, 1947 would continue to enjoy all benefits that they were entitled to till that time.