Pre-partition British India
British India was made up of states ruled directly by the British and princely states ruled indirectly
China
Afghanistan
Nepal
Delhi
Karachi
Dhaka
British
India
Bay of
Bengal
Arabian Sea
400 km
400 miles
Partition – August 1947
Partition created the two separate countries of India and Pakistan. Pakistan originally consisted of West and East Pakistan
Kashmir
China
East Pakistan
(Became Bangladesh
in 1971)
Afghanistan
Nepal
Delhi
Karachi
India
West
Pakistan
Dhaka
Bay of
Bengal
Large princely states which did not accede to either country in 1947
Pre-partition British India
British India was made up of states ruled directly by the British and princely states ruled indirectly
Partition – August 1947
Partition created the two separate countries of India and Pakistan. Pakistan originally consisted of West and East Pakistan
Kashmir
China
China
East Pakistan
(Became Bangladesh
in 1971)
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Nepal
Nepal
Delhi
Delhi
Karachi
Karachi
Dhaka
British India
India
West
Pakistan
Dhaka
Bay of
Bengal
Bay of
Bengal
Large princely states which did not accede to either country in 1947
Arabian Sea
400 km
400 miles